Martin Landau Quotes
I run the Actor's Studio on the West Coast, and one of the things I say all the time to the people I teach - many of whom are acting teachers - is that an actor needs to make choices that make him present.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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I was a tomboy and didn't pay too much attention to my clothes.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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The next time you're driving from New York to Boston on I-95, you should make a little detour in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to visit the Old Slater Mill national historic landmark. It's the site of what is considered to be the first successful water-powered textile spinning mill in America.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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Once you realize just the sort of glut of books that exists out there, it does become incumbent on you not to add to it unless you have a damn good reason.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.
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Once in a while I do put up a video or a thank you tweet for my fans. I think our interaction cements our bond. Getting so much love from them makes me feel blessed.
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I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?
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I did a lot of research on real serial killers, and they're not Hannibal Lecters. They're cruel men who are given the opportunity to do something terrible, and a lot of the time it's about impotence. They feel powerless in the real world.
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Slow down. Stop trying to do everything now, now, now. Hold up the people behind you for all you care, feel them kicking at your heels but maintain your pace. Don't let anybody dictate your speed.
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I run the Actor's Studio on the West Coast, and one of the things I say all the time to the people I teach - many of whom are acting teachers - is that an actor needs to make choices that make him present.
