Bill Macy Quotes
Over 20 years, I chipped away at a career little by little. I worked churches, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway. I began being recognized by my peers by casting directors, actors, producers.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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What we do for a living does not matter so much as how we do it. It is the spirit in which we do our work that counts, and that counts through all eternity.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of God to man, you might end up interesting your readers rather more in Satan.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?
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Once you understand that listeners want to be challenged, then you also understand that you can't take shortcuts.
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A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. They fail, for self-discovery is spiritual in nature, not social or political. Authoritatively telling other people what to do is their distraction from an inner emptiness they can never fill.
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I think that any sort of fantasy or sci fi that is grounded in something that could ostensibly be real - 'Jurassic Park' being my favorite example - is that much more prescient because it means that much more. Maybe one day, what if?
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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You will not ever perceive the truth that is reality. There are many realities.
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I don't have much estimation of my abilities as a director, but I found I loved class and loved process and loved practice. And so I've put together classes of actors - oh my God - since I was 21 years old, I think.
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If acting doesn't work out, I plan to do food photography and just eat my way through the entire world. I'm a big foodie, and if I could make some career out of it, that would be fantastic.
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When you live in America, it's kind of insular - the news coverage that you get - unless you're really smart about it and find more international news coverage.
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People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living.
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Over 20 years, I chipped away at a career little by little. I worked churches, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway. I began being recognized by my peers by casting directors, actors, producers.
