"Lord Arthur Savile's Crime", Oscar Wilde
"Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or shed tears. But in real life it is different. Most women and men are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualifications. Our Guildernsterns play Hamlet for us, and our Hamlets have to jest like Prince Hal. The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."