Joseph Wapner Quotes
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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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When Chipotle asked me to take part in the Cultivating Thought program both as an author and an essay contest judge, I was excited by the idea of sharing my story through this unique channel and helping young, inspiring writers do the same.
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I think it would be pompous to say I am an underrated actor. I don't think it is for me to think and decide; it is for people to decide. But I am glad I am underrated than being overrated - that is something I would find hard to digest.
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Nowadays, you can be a fan of someone that's not an actor or artist. You can be a fan of someone that makes YouTube videos.
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I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
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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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I'm not partial to any system, but at the same time, I'm a Korean actor, so I expect to work mainly on Korean projects.
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I'm a storyteller, and I was an actor, so I have a fairly thin grip on reality to begin with.
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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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We joke about it in the entertainment industry: Every actor wants to be a musician, and every musician wants to be an actor.
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I try genuinely, when I'm playing a character, to not judge them and just to inhabit someone as how one sees them. That being said, you also want to make sure that you don't blur the edges of people too much because humans are naughty and complicated beings.
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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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Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
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He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
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Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.
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No actor has complete freedom.
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There's something so wonderful about being an actor in New York.
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When I was I kid, there were so many different things that I wanted to be. As an actor, I get a chance to be all of those things, at least for a couple of days, which is fun.
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To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.
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There are certainly good examples of incredibly brilliant, beautiful music that has been made commercially available and sold everywhere. But I would say that, for the most part, quantity certainly does not speak well for quality.
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How does the Malay in the kampong find his way out into this modernised civil society? By becoming servants of the 0.3 per cent who would have the money to hire them to clean their shoe, open their motorcar doors?
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Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself.
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I'm not an actor; I'm a judge.
