John Lloyd Young Quotes
But when you get to know a character so well, you start to have insights that you can't show because you're confined to your script of your hit show.
Quotes to Explore
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Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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I love recording music.
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Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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I know what it's like not to have food in the fridge or money to buy more.
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I have a record I love, 'Limbo,' which is very catchy.
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My father was my hero, and he died when I was 11. So, I really never experienced the kind of natural teenage rebellion or the anger at him. I never experienced those feelings as a young person.
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I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.
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Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.
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I think from an actor's point of view, you always want something to play that's dramatic or something that feels like it could be very bold in choice. And of course, the boldest possible choice you could play at the end of a character's life is death.
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Moonlight is sculpture.
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What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
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I have an office in Argentina, I go there every day, so I work.
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I see a lot of scripts, and very few of them leap off the page at you.
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Putin is like Al Capone.
Garry Kasparov
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the one thing I've observed over the years is the best way to get an actor to not want to play a certain role is to offer it to them. That makes them say, "Well, maybe it's not that good. These guys don't want me to do this..."
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Sometimes I think too much, or sometimes I don't think enough as the character. Sometimes you just miss a moment, or sometimes you hear something that a character's saying that you haven't heard before and you react differently.
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I've always had an addictive nature.
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The concept of a literature of witness - of bearing witness - has embedded in it the need for action. One must not simply hide in the shadows and type; one must also stand in the light.
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A good story needs equally good talent to foster it.
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But when you get to know a character so well, you start to have insights that you can't show because you're confined to your script of your hit show.
