John Tiffany Quotes
Some actors just have a quality, a way of combining music and character and story, where everything just falls into place.
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People are like, 'What's Game of Thrones about?' I'm like, 'It's in the title.' For real, this is a game for the Iron Throne. No matter what character you are, you're sucked into that at some point.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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I love the idea of animation just because it removes the actor from the character, and you can be anything. I've been devouring 'Adventure Time' and 'Archer.' I'd love to get my hands dirty on either of those shows.
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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But in action, one defies one's character.
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The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
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Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.
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I just love, love going around and traveling and bringing the music to people. They just make you feel so happy that you came.
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What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.
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I've never judged anybody by how they look or how they dress. I basically judge them on their character. And that's how I lead my own life.
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My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.
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I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.
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Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
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It's time to stop obsessing about overhead and start focusing on progress. Change charity, and charity can change the world.
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The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other things besides just cartoon shows.
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For the 'Riddick' character, I try to get as ruthless as possible, and I want to be a machine.
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Any quality player can adjust well to the different demands. It is like a good tennis player who is expected to adjust to the clay at the French Open, the grass at Wimbledon, the hard courts of the U.S. and the heat of the Australian Open. A professional is expected to do all that.
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Music is part of the life of fashion, too.
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Most of the best music in American history was made by people with no options.
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The lucidity of the battle narratives, the vigor of the prose, the strong feeling for the men from generals to privates who did the fighting, are all controlled by a constant sense of how it happened and what it was all about. Foote has the novelist's feeling for character and situation, without losing the historian's scrupulous regard for recorded fact. The Civil War is likely to stand unequalled.
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All of my memories are now on hard drives. I'll change phones or I'll change my laptop, and all my photos stay.
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My coach is pushing me harder than ever to make sure I stay at a good level.
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Some actors just have a quality, a way of combining music and character and story, where everything just falls into place.
