Fred Melamed Quotes
I always think of the character as being me. But me wearing a 'coat', which may be a different way of speaking, moving or regarding other people. To me, acting is pretending, just like kids playing, only you pretend as if it were really, really real.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
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Both 'Oz' and 'Homicide,' they're critically admired, so it's not like they're really neglected, but I wish they'd found bigger audiences.
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Being in 'Doctor Who' has been so amazing. I don't think I will ever have a job quite so fun ever again. I feel sad because I am going to leave, but with any story, it has to come to an end.
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Let me encourage you, if someone has wronged you, and you still get that cringing feeling on the inside when you see or think about that person, take it to God and allow Him to keep your heart soft and sensitive.
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Age, like distance lends a double charm.
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I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter. Like a kind of mechanical form of painting.
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When I was 15, I worked as a bag boy in a grocery store. I also needed to walk old ladies to their car and put their bags in the car, and they would give me two dollars. I felt like the richest man in the world.
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There's always ways of motivating yourself to higher levels. Write about it, dream about it. But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.
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Everything, at first, is an idea, a special creation.
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We are very near the final climactic events that end with the Second Coming of Christ.
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You want somebody who's capable of being diverse in the characters they play, and you want a big name that's going to bring attention to the filmmakers and to the project.
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Media always comments if I wear the same thing twice.
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Marikana is a huge wake-up call.
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I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.
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Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.
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I really enjoy when I'm asked questions that leap from the physical world and the material world into our hearts.
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I always think of the character as being me. But me wearing a 'coat', which may be a different way of speaking, moving or regarding other people. To me, acting is pretending, just like kids playing, only you pretend as if it were really, really real.
