All Quotes By Tag: Actor
“Certain words, certain expressions. Things like ‘I love you’ and ‘I hate you.’ They’re big traps for actors. They can tempt you away from the connection you’ve developed with your partner and lead you into swamplands of clichéd performing. ‘Love’ and ‘hate’ are powerful words, and for some reason, we feel like we must fulfill them—and other words like them—whenever we say them. But we don’t have to.”Bill turns to Adam. “Actors hit that line—‘you know I’m absolutely crazy about you. Don’t you?’—and go all kablooey. Your head’s saying, ‘How can I not say a line like that without letting love swim into the duck pond? But inside you’re saying, ‘To hell will love! This girl’s really pissed me off, breaking off an important date like that.’ Follow your true inner response. It will never lead you astray. You’ll be bubbling up with impatience and irritation and you’ll say a line like that and it’ll have new meaning. It’ll have your meaning. Remember: Bad actors consciously adjust their inner responses to what they think the lines of the text require. Good actors adjust the text to the inner emotional line created by their sensitized responses to the other actor.”Adam says, “I get it. I was trying to act the words.”Bill nods. “You were manipulating yourself, cutting off our real response in order to live up to what you thought the text demanded of you. But any line can mean anything, and come out of you in any way.”
“You have to be an Actor to face life not the camera.”
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“Creativity without discipline will struggle, creativity with discipline will succeed.”
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“By drinking, a boy acts like a man. After drinking, many a man acts like a boy.”
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“Once you drop a mask, you can never wear it again.”
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“Don’t let some guy sitting behind a computer spinning sensational stories change what you believe.”
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“Life made me an actor from birth. The world, darling, is not my stage but my audience.”
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“Every villian is a hero in his own mind.”
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“If you’re waiting until you feel talented enough to make it, you’ll never make it.”
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“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
“The most talented people are always the nicest.”
“Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.”
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“Only the gentle are ever really strong.”
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