John Gilpin Quotes
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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You get on the radio by writing your own songs. But we had the dilemma of not being able to play anywhere because we weren't able to play anything that anyone wanted to hear. So we learned songs that we thought that we could do without puking.
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Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.
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If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.
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I had aches and pains when I played. No player is ever 100 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent. Guys that play 158 or 162 or 145, we are all in the same boat.
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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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Oh my goodness me, Daniel Day-Lewis – huge, huge fan of his. I've always loved his philosophy on acting: he always talks about returning to a state of play.
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I can put tweets on a map to show who is saying what where, which could be used for marketing or social research.
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My research for 'Adam' affected me profoundly, particularly the research into evil's underbelly. We tend not to think about evil until it pokes its head out of the air about us and then it tends to scare us silly. As well it should.
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I don't do method acting. If I play a farmer, I'm not gonna spend 3 weeks on a chicken farm. That's a bit too much for me.
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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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I've learnt some important lessons: I never rely on the opinion of one doctor alone. I do my own research; I read up and am ready with questions I need answered.
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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 like to play guitar, jam out, play the blues, go watch movies. I love movies.
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I have never been to a museum in Hong Kong, or a movie or a play. I've never gone club-hopping. I've never taken the tram to Victoria Peak.
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Center is a very tough position to play.
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I go with the flow. Whatever music you play for me, I'll dance.
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When you're an actor, you just hope you get a job to go to.
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I'm still enjoying discovering more designers and getting to play dress-up in a bigger way than I ever have before.
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I listen to KCRW in the car and Pandora radio, which I stream through the stereo from my iPhone. I've been listening to everything from Caribou to Conway Twitty. If I'm going on a longer car ride, I'll download some podcasts.
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Take the time to line up the Energy first, and action becomes inconsequential. If you don't take the time to line up the Energy, if you don't find the feeling place of what you're looking for, not enough action in the world will make any difference.
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I want to prove myself.
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The test of all knowledge is experiment.
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It's important to do research. I do that in every play, every actor does.
