{"id":7676,"date":"2008-01-31T17:16:35","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T22:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7676"},"modified":"2015-06-06T08:10:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T12:10:40","slug":"acting-chekhov-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7676","title":{"rendered":"Acting Chekhov: courage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Excerpt from The Actor’s Chekhov: Nikos Psacharopoulos and the Company of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, on the Plays of Anton Chekhov<\/a>\"\"<\/i>:<\/p>\n

Interview with Roberta Maxwell<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

I learned how to be very courageous from \u00e2\u0080\u0093 Mr. Psacharopoulos. On the opening night \u00e2\u0080\u0093 after the first preview of The Greeks, he said to me, “You didn’t let that speech go.” Big speech! “Let it go! Let it go!” I said, “I can’t. I’m afraid.” He said, “Let it go tomorrow night.” I said, “I can’t. there are going to be critics out front tomorrow night. I can’t.” He said, “If you’re going to fail, fail trying to be successful. Don’t fail because you’re too scared to be successful.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n