Vic Mignogna Quotes
Your connections might get you in the door, but it won't keep you there. And if you haven't prepared, you'll suck.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
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Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.
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You don't choose who you sit next to in a theater. You sit in a theater, and there's an energy that happens.
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With sitcom writing, you're trying to write stories.
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Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free.
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Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
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Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.
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Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success in lots of different ways - but there are people out there for whom acting is: 'Ooh, I can get on the telly and be famous.'
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I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. I have seen the hopes and aspirations of Negroes rise during World War II, only to be smashed during the Eisenhower years. I am seeing the victories of the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations destroyed by Richard Nixon.
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One thing I love about being back is English rain. Looking out of the window now, it's raining, and the sky is dark; I love it. To me, those are reassuringly English things. I love it when it rains.
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If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
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Your connections might get you in the door, but it won't keep you there. And if you haven't prepared, you'll suck.
