Jim Rash Quotes
If there's ever going to be a challenge for an actor, it's that character who's often evolving - which is not often the case in television.
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Yesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched 'University Challenge.' The onion was probably the highlight.
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The only way we can challenge Islamism is to engage with one another. We need to make it as abhorrent as racism has become today. Only then will we stem the tide of angry young Muslims who turn to hate.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.
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Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.
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When we were subjected to a vicious character assassination campaign orchestrated by senior White House officials and championed by their allies in the right-wing echo chamber, Hillary reached out to us. Her counsel during that tumultuous period was as timely as it was wise.
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I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.
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And while I might not always agree with the viewpoint I have to portray, because I play a district attorney, as an actress I can always tell myself that my character is trying to take the moral high ground.
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If you bet on Microsoft, you are not going to ask anymore, 'Hey, where is the innovation?' The challenge going forward is how do we keep up with it.
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What drew me to the character is that Roberto Duran is the son of an American soldier - a Marine - stationed in Panama and a humble Panamanian mother, and he was abandoned.
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I bought the rights to this book, 'The Ploughmen,' by a Montana writer named Kim Zupan, and I've written the screenplay, and I really feel pretty strong about it. It's really hauntingly beautiful. It's got some suspense and great drama, but it's a real character thing.
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I have done theatre, and I enjoy the process of smaller films a lot more. When I do such films, there are certain things which I get to do which are untapped. The scenes give me the liberty to play and mould the character in accordance to the director's mindset.
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We are not by nature cruel.
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Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
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I love challenges, and I believe that the challenge of quality cinema should not be underestimated as an important part of the Italian cultural offer.
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Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of virtuosity, is an optional extra. If you sacrifice expression for the sake of other concerns, you're putting the cart before the horse.
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I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist.
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Events are the best opportunities to experiment with clothes, as we have to stick to a character in films.
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If a character dies, you get to do a big, juicy death scene. But the flip side is you're out of the sequel, which is where the real money is.
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What do you do in a novel? You take recognizable characters from your own life, and you fantasize about what they're really like.
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When all else fails, complicate matters.
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I would love to play a crazy Russian spy, run with a gun. That's something I would love to do.
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If there's ever going to be a challenge for an actor, it's that character who's often evolving - which is not often the case in television.
