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No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has.
Vladimir Nabokov
I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.
Uta Hagen
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.
Leon Edel
I love Chekhov. I could go on all day about him.
Tobias Wolff
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!
Bernadette Peters
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No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has.
Vladimir Nabokov 
55% of people like this quote
I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.
Uta Hagen
54% of people like this quote
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.
Leon Edel
50% of people like this quote
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!
Bernadette Peters
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I played Hamlet, I played Chekhov and Ibsen and all the classics.
Harvey Korman
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