A biography for Agnes Mooreheadhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm no prude. I like a witty innuendo, too.”
“My father told me fairy stories and he read to us. And my grandmother was Irish. She told us about 'the little people.' When I went into the forest I used to look for them.”
“You must remember that Endora is basically a good witch. She really doesn't have a wicked bone in her magic finger. It's just that she hain't the patience to endure human follies and foibles. If you're human you're a slave. That's the way she sees it. She's a genius and she demands that quality in people as well as witches and warlocks.”
“I hope I cast a spell on other people in the kitchen. I like to experiment.”
“I am a self-disciplined person, and the Bible is my security, guiding me in that discipline.”
“My mother's mother came from Dublin and was an extremely fine cook, but we didn't learn, we just admired what she did.”
“I'm an idealist. I'll die an idealist in the theater. I'll stick to my convictions if I starve to death.”
“I've even let my hair be lightened a trifle. But never have I dyed it for stage or screen.”
“A child likes discipline. He likes to know somebody cares.”
“Witches are made out of things like mushrooms and twigs. Everybody knows that.”
“Drama is not great when it's a roll off the curb into the gutter.”
“Acting is suggesting, the art lies in leaving room for the audience to identify.”
“You sort of sense the mood of the audience and it means a lot. And when you look back on those times, it means so much because, after all, that's all you have.”
“When there is a pain-in-the-neck role for a girl to play, the directors start yelling 'Agnes.'”
“Actually, I don't care how I look as long as I'm acting.”
“I would rather have people say let's see more of her than she's too much.”
“You can have great freedom, but If you just have liberation without order, you're just bad, that's all. Those people are usually personality actors.”
“Playing a convincing witch takes a bit of research. I've looked up the old Salem business and reread a lot of fairy tales and the 'Oz' books. The main thing, I think, is to develop one strange, odd little thing to do that the audience does not expect.”
“I've played so many mean-looking troublemakers I have to keep reminding myself I'm really not a bad person deep down.”
“An actor has a great responsibility to an audience - to touch their hearts.”