Eve Babitz Quotes
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I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
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You will never see me dancing around the trees, chasing a heroine; I will never do films, no matter what the budget, for the heck of it.
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The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
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I was very shy, but when I performed, I felt like I was in my own little world. I became more confident. Dancing taught me discipline and to feel comfortable in my own skin.
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If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one.
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How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
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In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
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My only way of getting my uncles' attention or aunts' attention or whoever's attention was by dancing and singing around the house.
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I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.
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But actors should act. You should see them most often rather than just not.
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As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
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Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.
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God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide.
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I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.
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I don't want to be on 'Dancing With the Stars' anytime soon.
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There's still people who think me being married to a sista is an act. What, you think I'd make that up for a persona?
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As I get older, I realize all I've done is sing and act and hone those skills.
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I guess I really always wanted to act. When I was seven, I actually had the opportunity to come out to California. I've always really loved playing a part, playing a character and being someone else.
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I couldn't walk for almost three years. That was the greatest thing that happened. Instead of dancing, I sang.
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If you act like an adult when you're a kid you can afford to act like a kid the rest of your life.
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African film makers are scraping by on a mere pittance.
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Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and learn to tell them...For as long as you are green, you can grow.
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The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better.
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Partner dancing is a cultured act.
