Chekhov Quotes

I'm into parlor dramas. I'm into theatre. I'm trained for the stage. I trained to do Chekhov and Shakespeare, I was trained for the stage.

No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has.

In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!

I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.

I love Chekhov. I could go on all day about him.

I wasn't a 'Star Trek' fan, yet I knew who all the characters were. that goes to show what an impact the show had not just in entertainment but in life. I knew who Chekhov was and I knew who Kirk and Spock were, although I probably had never seen the show.

I played Hamlet, I played Chekhov and Ibsen and all the classics.

Chekhov - shall I be blunt? - is the greatest short story writer who ever lived.

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis.