Jack Lemmon Quotes
If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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I don't want to be known as an item dancer. I want to be known as an actress only.
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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I'm not strict on my calorie count; I just pay attention to my body.
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In any work you do, you can be profound one minute, and then you be superficial the next, and you can be smart and insightful and then insipid. There can be room for all that.
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Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh.
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To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything.
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Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.
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You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles - events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily.
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I want to show my true self, not how I want to be seen by others.
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If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.
