Harry Dean Stanton Quotes
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I took speech training. I took a few voice lessons in college.
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I don't blame anyone but myself for the kind of parts I got. To blame external circumstances is absolute folly.
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People kept asking me, 'When are you singing again?' so I kept doing it. It was that simple.
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The void, the concept of nothingness, is terrifying to most people on the planet. And I get anxiety attacks myself. I know the fear of that void. You have to learn to die before you die. You give up, surrender to the void, to nothingness.
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I can understand why it takes some people a long time to really be a singer. You have to find out, 'Why am I singing? What am I doing this for?' I do it because I enjoy it, and philosophically, music is a catalyst. It's a refining agent.
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You want people to feel something when you tell a story, whether they feel happy or whether they feel sad.
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I think every actor wants to play those big parts. In the very first play I ever did, I remember understanding all the characters in it. I always felt I could play anyone.
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The first film I ever remember - I think my mother took me to it - was called She Married Her Boss with Melvyn Douglas.