Albert Camus holds up the actor-figure as another example of an “absurd man.” In essence, Camus is talking about stage actors rather than film. He sees the actor as an “absurd figure” because he acts out ephemeral lives for ephemeral fame (again, this is much more appropriate to the stage actor than Hollywood celebrities). Camus believes that the actor “demonstrates to what degree appearing creates being,” which aids to show the illusory nature of most people’s lives.
The Actor Quotes in The Myth of Sisyphus
The The Myth of Sisyphus quotes below are all either spoken by The Actor or refer to The Actor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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8. Conquest
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Let me repeat that these images do not propose moral codes and involve no judgments: they are sketches. They merely represent a style of life. The lover, the actor, or the adventurer plays the absurd. But equally well, if he wishes, the chaste man, the civil servant, or the president of the Republic. It is enough to know and to mask nothing.
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The Actor Quotes in The Myth of Sisyphus
The The Myth of Sisyphus quotes below are all either spoken by The Actor or refer to The Actor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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8. Conquest
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Let me repeat that these images do not propose moral codes and involve no judgments: they are sketches. They merely represent a style of life. The lover, the actor, or the adventurer plays the absurd. But equally well, if he wishes, the chaste man, the civil servant, or the president of the Republic. It is enough to know and to mask nothing.
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