Joan Fontaine Quotes
The theater audience is the ultimate teacher, instructing the actor on the degree to which he has executed both the author's and the director's intent.
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At school, I'd refuse to take part in biology lessons when animals were being dissected. One time, the teacher announced that we would be gassing worms. So I ran around the room, gathered up all the worms and set them free in the fields. I just loved animals and couldn't bear the thought of them suffering.
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When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
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When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.
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I much prefer doing comedy. I get a little paranoid when the audience is not laughing.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.
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As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions of the audience.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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In the old days, you had an audience of about 400, half of whom were committee members from somewhere or other sitting in their suits. It's become a real sports event with sports fans now.
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I have to grow with my audience.
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I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher.
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My ultimate aim would be to captivate an audience, even just for a second.
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I don't have a director. The audience directs me.
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When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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The audience has always been my best director.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
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I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is.
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Real practice means working on stuff you're not good at. Real practice is about butting your head against the wall repeatedly until you get it right.
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I've adjusted to being mostly situated in Vancouver now, which I love, and to the fandom that comes along with it. At some points when we're filming in Vancouver, there are more than 100 fans outside our scene. It's so cool being able to be a part of something where people are so passionate.
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I don't even remember how many times I've sprained my ankle. I've had stress fractures galore and torn my PCL. You just take a little time off if you have the time, and if not, you keep training until you can take the time off.
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The theater audience is the ultimate teacher, instructing the actor on the degree to which he has executed both the author's and the director's intent.
