Ralph Richardson Quotes

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

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• Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.

  

  Larry Elder
  • People
  • Home
  • American

• I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Pretty
  • Moving
  • Like

• When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.

  

  Sally Rand
  • Me
  • Wind
  • Fans

• The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • Time
  • Parents
  • Problem

• It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Good
  • Appreciate
  • Lens

• If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.

  

  Laura Harrier
  • Time
  • Control
  • Eyes

• 'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.

  

  Taylor Hicks
  • World
  • Great
  • Learning

• Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.

  

  Maceo Parker
  • Playing
  • Musical
  • Group

• We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Time
  • Just
  • Most

• Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Music
  • Job
  • Dad

• Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.

  

  Kate Forsyth
  • People
  • Children
  • Think

• All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.

  

  Walter Payton
  • People
  • Want
  • Treat

• Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.

  

  Adam Clymer
  • Different
  • Writing
  • Book

• I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.

  

  Hannah Simone
  • Trying
  • Find
  • Right Person

• After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.

  

  Fatima Sana Shaikh
  • Time
  • Acting
  • Rejection

• To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.

  

  Fat Joe
  • People
  • World
  • Important

• Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Time
  • Bad
  • Today

• I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.

  

  Olivia Holt
  • Work
  • Love
  • Would

• I'm the guy that's trying to break up that monopoly to introduce free enterprise and competition to the energy sector.

  

  Van Jones
  • Up
  • Trying
  • Guy

• Everywhere I go, people ask me about Jennifer Aniston's wedding. Everywhere I go. I always say to her, I'm like, 'Being friends with you is a burden. You think it's hard to be friends with me?'

  

  Chelsea Handler
  • People
  • Friends
  • Wedding

• I sort of came from a big family - eight kids - and I guess I always, more than most people, really revel in privacy and solitude sometimes.

  

  John Curran
  • People
  • Family
  • Kids

• I consider myself an 'actorvist.' When I say that, what I mean is that I use my art to inform my activism and to be my activism sometimes, but I also use my activism in my art.

  

  Wilson Cruz
  • Art
  • Activism
  • Actorvist

• The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

  

  Ralph Richardson
  • People
  • Art
  • Acting