actors

bob ellis on actors:
"Their face is a family curse. theair voice a career impediment, their height a running sore, their nose an endangered species, their casting agent a lifelong enemy, their bank balance nil, their marrige a wreck, their house for sale, and yet they bob up smiling with wit and biro and corklike bouyancy impersonate falstaff, javert, mr squeers, the third bikie on the right, the chambermaid, the homicidal drag queen or humphery b. bear as required."