James Victor Scott (Jimmy Scott) Quotes
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
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I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
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Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-night stand,' you know, I just can't explain the feeling. It's unreal. You feel like you've just read your diary to thousands of people and they've gone, 'It's okay. We still love you.'
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A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared.
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Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public.
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A lot of the music I write is about love. Sometimes I won't understand how I am feeling until I write a song about it.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
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This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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Being an entrepreneur is my dream job, as it tests ones tenacity.
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When you're starting out, every line in a show or a commercial is like a huge success.
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I don't like to post fresh standup material, because I want to use it in a special. The stuff I like to post online I like to be off-the-cuff moments.
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Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.
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Chaos is the undercurrent of everything that happens in life.
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I love show business. It's my life, honey, and I try to enjoy it.
