Nevil Shute Quotes
If I have learned one thing in my 54 years, it is that it is very good for the character to engage in sports which put your life in danger from time to time. It breeds a saneness in dealing with day to day trivialities which probably cannot be got in any other way, and a habit of quick decisions.
Quotes to Explore
-
If a decision-making process is flawed and dysfunctional, decisions will go awry.
-
Before 'Raman Raghav 2.0,' I played a criminal in 'Badlapur.' Though the character was innocent, he was not correctly interpreted by some sections of the audience.
-
TV and films are same for me. I took a decision to be an actor, and I am an actor. I never decided to be TV actor or film actor.
-
I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character, understand the story, and just play it to the fullest extent.
-
The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
-
I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.
-
My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.
-
Since I was from the theater, that's how I learned how to go through the process of being a character. That's how I learned, and that's what I was comfortable doing. And then, the first feature films, I'm sure I was no fun because I did not want to be spontaneous in that filmic way that really can work for you.
-
I made the best business decision at 14 when I decided to get into acting. The worst was owning 2 homes at the same time.
-
There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone's likable.
-
Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.
-
The moral and intellectual character of the Africans is widely different in different nations.
-
Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.
-
So far as regards their moral character, the Finns have as little cause for reproach as any other people.
-
For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chance to really act emotionally, because the situation is an extreme one.
-
My character should not be ordinary, cliched, and if I feel that it's difficult to do this character, I take up that challenge to get into his character.
-
A lot of the lessons that are taught in football will promote success in anything you get into after football; for me, it just happens to be music. Being disciplined. Good character. Trying to do the right thing, and working hard.
-
My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job.
-
I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.
-
The anointed don't like to talk about painful trade-offs. They like to talk about happy "solutionsthat get rid of the whole problem- at least in their imagination.
-
We are, even now, killing ourselves over ancient literature. Who would have thought something so tragically absurd could be possible?
-
There were some television sets back in the '50s, but they were expensive. People would gather at the rich guy's apartment down the hall to watch Milton Berle on his 10-inch black-and-white screen.
-
'SmackDown Live' is a great place with a great roster and many talented superstars.
-
If I have learned one thing in my 54 years, it is that it is very good for the character to engage in sports which put your life in danger from time to time. It breeds a saneness in dealing with day to day trivialities which probably cannot be got in any other way, and a habit of quick decisions.
