Marcel Marceau Quote

What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude.

Marcel Marceau

What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude.

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About Marcel Marceau

Marcel Marceau (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl maʁso]; born Marcel Mangel; 22 March 1923 – 22 September 2007) was a French mime artist and actor most famous for his stage persona, "Bip the Clown". He referred to mime as the "art of silence", performing professionally worldwide for more than 60 years.
As a Jewish youth, he lived in hiding and worked with the French Resistance during most of World War II, giving his first major performance to 3,000 troops after the liberation of Paris in August. Following the war, he studied dramatic art and mime in Paris.