Joseph Wapner Quotes

I'm not an actor; I'm a judge.

Joseph Wapner

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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.

  

  Ike Barinholtz
  • Up
  • Want
  • House

• 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.

  

  Laura Esquivel
  • Thought
  • Unique
  • Judge

• 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.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Actor
  • Overrated
  • Underrated

• 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.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Artist
  • Actor
  • YouTube

• I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.

  

  Sam Riley
  • Like
  • Actor
  • Show

• 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.

  

  Campbell Scott
  • Life
  • God
  • Actor

• 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.

  

  Doona Bae
  • Work
  • Actor
  • Korean

• I'm a storyteller, and I was an actor, so I have a fairly thin grip on reality to begin with.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Reality
  • Actor
  • Begin

• You can always tell an actor by the bored look in their eye whenever someone else is talking.

  

  Natasha Leggero
  • Eye
  • Look
  • Actor

• We joke about it in the entertainment industry: Every actor wants to be a musician, and every musician wants to be an actor.

  

  Lance Bass NSYNC
  • Actor
  • Entertainment
  • Joke

• 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.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • People
  • Character
  • Judge

• It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors.

  

  Omar Epps
  • Know
  • Actor
  • Director

• Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Children
  • Parents
  • Judge

• 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.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Men
  • Heart
  • Man

• Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Career
  • Actor
  • Early

• No actor has complete freedom.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Freedom
  • Actor
  • Complete

• There's something so wonderful about being an actor in New York.

  

  Karen Allen
  • Actor
  • New
  • New York

• 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.

  

  Navid Negahban
  • Different
  • Fun
  • Couple

• I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come.

  

  Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead
  • Music
  • City

• It's the standard contract. Gives you seven wishes in accordance with the mystic rules of life. Seven Days of the Week, Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Seas, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers...

  

  Peter Cook
  • Life
  • Wishes

• When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.

  

  Orlando Cepeda
  • People
  • You
  • Know

• I believe black characters in fiction are still revolutionary, given our long history of erasure.

  

  Tananarive Due
  • Believe
  • Long
  • History

• I want people to be inspired! To remember how hard-fought the battle for the vote was, the debt we owe to women who paved the way for this more egalitarian society we live in, how critical it is to use our vote and to be counted.

  

  Sarah Gavron
  • People
  • Remember
  • Inspired

• I'm not an actor; I'm a judge.

  

  Joseph Wapner
  • Judge
  • Actor