Jimmi Simpson Quotes
There are a lot of pros to doing a film, as far as it helping your film career, and it is completely different financially. But theatre is the only place where you get to actually be the character, and nobody is going to come around and change it later.
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I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other.
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Because animals are property, we consider as 'humane treatment' that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.
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Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.
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I thought that I'd have a briefcase-and-power-suit career.
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While you are improvising, you need to be prepared, and I like to have a sense of who the character is, what she likes to read, where she grew up, where we went to school, and what she has for breakfast, so that when I go to set, I'm free to explore.
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I like trying different foods. I've done vegetarian stuff, and I've gone through meat phases, and then I do no bread, and then I eat bread. I'm really all over the place in the way a lot of actors are.
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Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
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What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'
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I usually have 10 different animation projects going at a time.
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I'm going to start a new career as a singer, I think. I'm going to go the way of Russell Crowe.
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When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard.
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I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style.
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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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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
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If I don't love my character, I can't do it.
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No one becomes an expert in a new career overnight, even if you are coming from another career where you were established and experienced.
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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 read the script for 'Guncrazy' in 1985 and loved it because it was one of the few scripts I'd come across that revolved around a strong female character.
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A prose writer never sees a reader walk out of a book; for a playwright, it's another matter. An audience is an invaluable education. In my experience, theatre artists don't know what they've made until they've made it.
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He left no time to regret,Kept his dick wet,With his same old safe bet.Me & my head high,And my tears dry,Get on without my guy.
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I think I can be a guy who can make an impact right away.
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Each role that I've played has had a piece of a dream role in it.
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A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
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There are a lot of pros to doing a film, as far as it helping your film career, and it is completely different financially. But theatre is the only place where you get to actually be the character, and nobody is going to come around and change it later.
