George Chakiris Quotes
You don't stop when a musical number comes up and do the number and then take up the scene where you left off. It all moves forward. Your work as an actor was part of your work as a dancer as well. It was dialogue through movement.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.
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I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went to L.A. and an agent said, 'I think you belong in commercials and TV.' So I did that and got some opportunities that I absolutely love.
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I never wanted to be a movie star.
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One superlatively important effect of wide reading is the enlargement of vocabulary which always accompanies it.
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'As You Like It' was the first Shakespeare production I ever did.
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I do not believe they've run out of surprises.
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Apparently, Mayella's recital had given her confidence, but it was not her father's brash kind: there was something stealthy about hers, like a steady-eyed cat with a twitchy tail.
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I'm not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I mean, there can be nothing more terrifying than walking into an arena and looking at Mike Tyson in the ring.
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The fact of the matter is that I've enjoyed the competition in life and the business of life; I've enjoyed all that goes with it.
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I say things other people wish they could say. I don't pick on people - I empower them.
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To bethe eyesand earsand conscienceof the Creator of the Universe,you fool.
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I'm no Method actor. I've tried staying in character, and it's just exhausting.
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You don't stop when a musical number comes up and do the number and then take up the scene where you left off. It all moves forward. Your work as an actor was part of your work as a dancer as well. It was dialogue through movement.
