Jennifer Lawrence Quotes
I never did theatre or took classes, which I think has helped me. I just had instincts and they were right.
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I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy.
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The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
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My mum was no pushy parent. She would drop me off for auditions when I was in my teens at the Lyric Theatre, then give me my bus fare and say she would see me later at home. She wasn't hanging around in the wings geeing me on. I had to do it on my own; it was up to me.
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There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.
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It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre.
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I used to be one of the lead actors of a theatre group called Hetu when I was in medical school. Prithvi Theatre was our stomping ground. I'd got many positive reviews.
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The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.
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I think the paparazzi is a necessary evil... and if ya don't like it, and ya don't want to do this, go to Iowa and do some community theatre. It's all about self-promotion, and it's not always the fun part of it.
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I spend my money on my props and my creations. I'm an inventor.
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I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.
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I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land, which is a different experience.
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I'd like to be for cinema what Shakespeare was for theatre, Marx for politics and Freud for psychology: someone after whom nothing is as it used to be.
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I grew up in a very small town and didn't realise till later that I had an adventurous side. When I went to theatre school at 18, I came into my own and let loose.
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There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre.
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I want to do theatre and film and direct my own things and develop.
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I'm very driven, and I always have been. So I'd like to release a successful album, continue in musical theatre, and be more involved in business.
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The only theatre I ever saw was Shakespeare.
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I went through a low phase for two years when I had a string of flops. At that time, I even felt that I was in the wrong profession and that I should leave acting. But thankfully, I utilised that time to introspect and went on a self-exploration trip. I did theatre in between, and it helped grow the fire within me.
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In school, I always sang in choirs. In fact, I used to do a lot of musicals in the youth theatre that I was a member of between the ages of 16 and 18.
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Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.
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If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender.
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I know of my sex appeal. I know about sexuality, and I know how to use it - tastefully, of course.
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Life is very precious.
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I never did theatre or took classes, which I think has helped me. I just had instincts and they were right.
