Nicholas Gonzalez (Nicholas Edward Gonzalez) Quotes
A lot of really good actors are able to go straight from life to their work. They don't treat it as something that's an unattainable, weird thing that they have to aspire to and reach for in a scene.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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My father led by example. He wasn't much of a talker - he walked life.
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The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
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To be a great artist, you need to know yourself as best as you possibly can. I live my life and delve into my own psyche. It's more about exploring how I feel rather than making pale imitations of something that came before. We are unique beings, and the way we look at things is our own.
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Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically.
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My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.
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I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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I just try to live a really simple, natural life, because obviously, life has an impact on your voice.
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I always say I don't want to change anything in my life.
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It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.
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I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff up, and I thought, 'I wanna do that.' It really had nothing to do with acting; I just wanted a job that allowed me to do fun, bigger-than-life stuff.
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No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.
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I work out, and I try to stay active and fit so I can enjoy certain foods that I like to eat. I try to keep everything in moderation. I used to be insane about it.
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I think it's important if you are an actor, if you are portraying human life, you have to connect with what is human. It's not easy if you spend a lot of time in L.A. and get sucked into the hedonism of the industry.
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My father went to work by train every day. It was half an hour's journey each way, and he would read a paperback in four journeys. After supper, we all sat down to read - it was long before TV, remember!
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The people who knew me and knew my work and trusted me, they knew then as they do now that I've never fabricated or plagiarized a story. People who know me know I didn't do this.
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As an actor, I don't want to do something which I have already done before.
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My favorite thing to hear from people is, 'I left the theater and couldn't stop thinking about it.' You want your work to have an impact after they leave the theater. It's the equivalent of leaving a musical humming a show tune.
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It is good to appreciate that life is now. Whatever it offers, little or much, life is now – this day – this hour.
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I think we can all learn things if we really want to. It's fascinating how that can get expedited when you have a support system around you.
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'Dogfight' was everything wonderful and terrifying about a show, and I feel it 1,000% gave me the knowledge and the confidence that I could do this. I can step up and be present enough to command scenes with amazing actors.
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Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?
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A lot of really good actors are able to go straight from life to their work. They don't treat it as something that's an unattainable, weird thing that they have to aspire to and reach for in a scene.
