I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer. (Sarah Bernhardt)

I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer.

Sarah Bernhardt

Related topics

fact fond male matter playing brains parts

Related quotes

Remember, any lie you are told, even deliberately, is often a more significant fact than a truth told in all sincerity. View quote
Halldór Laxness
Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness. View quote
Guy de Maupassant
What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot. View quote
F. H. Bradley
He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog. View quote
Rainer Maria Rilke