Eric Davis Quotes
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Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.
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Going to bed can cause imaginary conversations you should have had with certain people or real conversations with your brother who is calling from a bar in a different time zone.
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If I had even the tiniest scrap of advice to give to a young actor who was figuring out how to audition, I would say don't memorize the script... The reality about auditions is that 98 percent of the results has to do with what you are, not with what you did in the audition.
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An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
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What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology.
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Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter of course, sprains and cuts claim momentary attention, but otherwise the health of the battalion is perfect.
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You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.
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I'm a foodie. I enjoy it a lot, and contrary to what it looks, I eat a lot. My comfort food, of all things, would be southern soul barbecue.
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I would never walk off any show.
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In general, I tend to laugh too much. I always try to tell myself not to, but I think that's just part of getting through the job. It's not rocket science. I want to have a good time!
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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I don't rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed his actors, and I found out that's allowed... so you film reactions; you don't create them.
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I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.
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If you're not acting, you're not an actor.
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It's always been a dream of mine, of exploring the living world, of classifying all the species and finding out what makes up the biosphere.
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To the youth who have taken up guns, I urge them to return to their parents and shun violence.
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My son jokes with me that he thinks I Google the word 'sad' to come up with book ideas.
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I've outlasted many marriages at Random House.
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Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.
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I don't need the money after 11 years on 'Frasier,' and there aren't that many great roles onstage left for somebody my age. I'm more interested in playing those roles than I am in playing bit parts in movies.
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I'm essentially the result of other people's imagination. And that's fine. Because of other people's imagination, I've played parts I would never have thought I could do. Still, I've never had a hankering or an ambition for any particular role.
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I formed a band called Atomic Rooster. The Atomic Rooster was sort of an underground cult band, sort of psychedelic. We did very well.
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You need to invest in areas where you can be the market leader because then you get a disproportionate share of the economics when you are.
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I've been operated on 13 times.
