George C. Scott Quotes
Acting is characterization, the process of two entities merging-the actor and the role.
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I'm a mother of three. I don't really have the time to put very elaborate outfits together, so I keep it casual but dress it up with shoes, a bag, and jewellery.
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Failure is success if we learn from it.
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I don't think in words; I think in pictures, in images.
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I've only twice in my life come across someone with both high IQ and high EQ naturally; and that was because their parents were super high EQ, and the parents just EQ'd the hell out of them. They're inevitably very successful because now you've got someone who's sharper than the average person and well-rounded, too.
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Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
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Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
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I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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I do love pasta. It gets me into trouble. If I could give up pasta and bread, I'd look like Cate Blanchett.
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The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It's always changing.
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I do not want to do a role which is similar to the previous one or the concept and the genre.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
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I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.
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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
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Debs is greater than Lincoln. Debs is the spokesman of the great struggling working class of all races, nationalities, creeds, sexes.
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As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.
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This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
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Early in my career, my 3-, 5- and 9-irons performed differently than my other irons. But I adapted and made them work.
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Music is the unspoken language that can convey feelings more accurately than talking ever could.
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I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me.
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Hollywood likes to put actors in boxes, and it likes to put Asian actors in really small boxes.
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Whatever it is you are feeling is a perfect reflection of what you are in the process of becoming
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Acting is characterization, the process of two entities merging-the actor and the role.
