Chris Doubek Quotes

Jack Lemmon always said you can't learn how to act without doing theatre, and I agree with that. Because anyone can do a character for a take, but can you do one for 40 minutes at a time?

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• A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.

  

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• A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others.

  

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• Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

  

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• I was inspired to spend an entire year - my 65th year - reading, researching, and meditating on Lao-tzu's messages, practicing them and ultimately writing down these insights as I felt Lao-tzu wanted us to know them.

  

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• As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.

  

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• The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.

  

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• The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

  

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• Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?

  

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• What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God's grace, I will do.

  

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• Jack Lemmon always said you can't learn how to act without doing theatre, and I agree with that. Because anyone can do a character for a take, but can you do one for 40 minutes at a time?

  

  Chris Doubek
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  • Theatre