Article September 18, 1989 Issue

An actor is an instrument

Julia Harris—November 30, 1988

The Boston Globe

An actor is an instrument. I didn't operate on ego. I consider myself ... someone who enables the message of the playwright to shine through me. I want to be something good, part of a good piece of machinery.

To do this, you have to get beyond yourself and into the presence of God or goodness. So I say the prayer: "Not my will but thine be done."

Actress Julia Harris

Reprinted courtesy of The Boston Globe

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