Orson Welles Quotes
An audience is not so much a complement to an actor's ego, as a challenge to his capacities.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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I can improve it a little bit. But it's my head, it's the way I am. So at the end of the day, I will be who I am and I will win how much I can win.
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Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.
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I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.
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I think that music and visual arts can complement themselves nicely. They do different things - the music forces you into a different mood and perspective whilst the visual stuff can engage you in a more direct cognitive manner.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I draw and play the piano badly. But when I'm doing those things, I'm concentrating so hard there's no room for worry. I find that onstage, too.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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Although I have lived in Manhattan since 1992, for the better part of two decades I have remained in blissful oblivion of all matters sportif.
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I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.
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I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.
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I like to stay home with my family.
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Obviously, I love country music, so I wanna be able to live in the country music genre and then play to country music fans.
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I'm not a negative person.
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I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.
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There's a lot of people out there - like, a lot of people out there - that wouldn't know our music if it wasn't for Spotify.
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One actress can't challenge or change anything.
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I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.
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The ego's blocking the light from coming.
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An audience is not so much a complement to an actor's ego, as a challenge to his capacities.
