Joel Grey Quotes
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.
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I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude.
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It's always difficult with the superhero stuff because you're working with characters who have been written by 100 to 200 people over the past 20 years, at least, so they never sound the same or act the same. The best approach is to try to draw the best fitting line through all of the interpretations.
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I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit.
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It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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My dad met my mom at Casper College in the orientation line. He studied business and eventually transferred to the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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Women's vulnerability around money is hardly exclusive to Africa. Throughout the world, women struggle with financial power. In the West, women's financial literacy is notably lower than men's. That lack of knowledge means that many women slide into poverty when they become widows.
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Never forget that we were enslaved in this country longer than we have been free. Never forget that for 250 years black people were born into chains-whole generations followed by more generations who knew nothing but chains.
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I'm tiny. I'm small.
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I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems.
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I'm about possibilities and about surprises and the life force.
