Uta Hagen Quotes
Thoughts and feelings are suspended in a vacuum unless they instigate and feed the selected actions, and it is the characters actions which reveal the character in the play.
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The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.
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Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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Marriage is a definite no-no. I am totally married to my company. Emotionally, my mother fills up the void in my life. So there it is. My company is a spouse I will never cheat on, and my mother completes me as a son. I think I have a full family unit of my own.
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I don't want to kill windowing; I want to restore choice and options.
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I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn't want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool.
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I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week.
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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My mom, who's been in the restaurant business for 40 years, is the number-one influence in my life. But I look up to a lot of people in the industry. Tops on my list is Mario Batali. My mom and Mario taught me the same lesson: Food is love.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger.
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From my experience working with comedians, there is that competitive aspect. With actors, for instance, they don't want to look competitive even if they are, whereas comedians, I think, are openly happy to play on the idea that they all compete with each other to get the laughs. There's something about comedy, I think, that encourages that. There's this kind of schoolboy sense of wanting to top the other person that we play off of to show them competing for who's smarter or cleverer.
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Does the novel have to deepen the psychology of its heroes? Certainly the modern novel does, but the ancient legends did not do the same. Oedipus' psychology was deduced by Aeschylus or Freud, but the character is simply there, fixed in a pure and terribly disquieting state.
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I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play - where I could go home if I needed to.
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I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person.
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Thoughts and feelings are suspended in a vacuum unless they instigate and feed the selected actions, and it is the characters actions which reveal the character in the play.
