John Mahoney Quotes
That's how I learned how to act. I learned by doing it. I didn't start acting until I was 37.
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So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.
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I have a charity called the Chain Of Hope, where we target children from poor areas where heart surgery is not available, and we offer our services.
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I played Winnie Cooper on 'The Wonder Years' from ages 12-18, and did a few other movies during some of the summers.
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I only use my sick days for hang-overs and soap opera weddings.
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Understand that the time in the audition is your time. Really own it and take control of it. And do what you prepared. Focus on really executing what it is that you intended to do.
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My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.
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Maybe I'm just a slow learner or something, but I like to have things laid out as plainly and simply as possible.
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True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.
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You fly. You aviate. You do everything you can to get the aircraft safely on the ground.
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What I've discovered and try to integrate into my show is when you're up there, and you are loud and more visible, you're setting a tone for how people can behave and how they can feel comfortable behaving.
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Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
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I suggest that ten thousand Negroes march on Washington, D.C., the capital of the Nation, with the slogan, 'We loyal Negro American citizens demand the right to work and fight for our country.'
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I have this view that losing weight is easy, keeping it off is hard because keeping it off is the discipline.
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There was a time when I was in this private school and the kids were so conservative and close-minded that it was just appalling.
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I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone other than myself. There are a few people that I've wished I could play like, but when I tried, it didn't work.
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The public schools I attended were dominated by athletics and rarely inspiring intellectually, but I enjoyed a small circle of interesting friends despite my ineptitude at team sports and my preference for reading.
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The Indian audience is getting exposed to world cinema and realising the power of unique plots and distinct characters.
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It's true that the human body is more vulnerable than the products of the human mind.
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If I fall, pick up the flag, kiss it, and keep on going.
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Stuart Davis has more to do with what the United States is like than Hopper.
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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
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The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.
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Dr. Phil was very helpful and caring. I believe he helped all of us there and watching how to better relate, understand, and communicate with our families and loved ones. Dr. Phil recommended reading my new book.
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That's how I learned how to act. I learned by doing it. I didn't start acting until I was 37.
