Ma Jun Quotes
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Quotes to Explore
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.
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Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
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The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient.
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For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.
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Even if you throw your hair up in a quick topknot or ponytail, you can add instant polish by wearing a headband or bejeweled barrette.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
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You are just your intelligence.
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We live in media, as fish live in water.
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All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me.
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I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.
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Someone asked me the other day what it feels like to see all my 'old stuff' reappearing, at long last, in digital. And I had to smile because to me it doesn't feel like 'old stuff.'
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Occasionally the impossible happens; this is a truism that accounts for much of what we call good luck; and also, bad.
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If you publish something in traditional media, it's one-way. With social media, we get all this info coming back from those who read our posts.
