Johnathon Schaech Quotes
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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I have an older brother who is an actor as well.
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I've basically worked as a journalist and a writer.
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I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
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Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.
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I'm not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there's no such thing. No actor can be the person, that's a bunch of crap. People pay to see an actor be himself, whether he plays Hamlet or whatever.
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After I directed, when I went back to being an actor, I was like, 'God, this is the life!' Because you only have to concentrate on one thing.
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It was never my goal to be an actor.
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The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
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You can always tell an actor by the bored look in their eye whenever someone else is talking.
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I'm no actor, and I've got 64 pictures to prove it.
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I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I'm concerned with.
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It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors.
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The idea was always to be an actor.
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When you're an actor, you just hope you get a job to go to.
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The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white.
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When somebody asks what I do, I guess I say 'writer' first.
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When you're 19 and writing plays, you think every actor is full of it. They just can't handle your brilliant material.
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Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.
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If you choose to do both acting and directing on a set, than you're admitting that you understand that everyone is in it for the same goal and it's a collaborative experience. You can't really jump into being an actor, and than direct yourself. At some point, you have to be willing to accept other people's opinions. I think that's helpful. If you try to micro-manage and control all of it, than you're probably heading for disaster.
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You can get money and make a really cheap movie. You can, from independent financers who are just giving you money to support artists. This is what was happening in the '90s, and I was very fortunate to be a part of that.
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One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.
