Simon Helberg (Simon Maxwell Helberg) Quotes
I try to act with my whole body and, for better or worse, this is the face that's attached to it.
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We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.
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Perhaps no other body of literature is as subject to political pressures from within the community as gay fiction.
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Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?
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Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
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My body will never go back to what it was, and I wouldn't expect it to after three babies.
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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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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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I'm not the girl for superhigh fashion because I don't have the right body.
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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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I had no album title, and the album is like a journey in that it's a complete body of work. It's not just a couple of catchy songs and filler, so I felt that I needed to capture the essence of the album.
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I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character.
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Guys act strange around me. I swear I don't know why!
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It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact - hence changing general statements about it - and, not least, a changing a structure of the theoretical system.
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I feel like a 16-year-old trapped inside a dead woman's body.
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For my money, celery hasn't got a mean bit of fibre in its body, and we all need to start being much nicer to it.
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Actors only have our bodies, voices, and the text. So I think actors need to have a fit and in-tune body. I was always very disciplined in wanting to have that. That's one of my favorite things - playing a role with a physical requirement.
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My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.
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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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I have not only found good health, but perfect health; I have found a new state of being, a potentiality of life; a sense of lightness and cleanness and joyfulness, such as I did not know could exist in the human body.
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In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
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Commitment and creativity cannot be captured and handcuffed. Inspiration cannot be jailed. The heart cannot be contained.
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Self-regulation can be taught to many kids who cycle between frantic activity and immobility. In addition to reading, writing, and arithmetic, all kids need to learn self-awareness, self-regulation, and communication as part of their core curriculum. Just as we teach history and geography, we need to teach children how their brains and bodies work. For adults and children alike, being in control of ourselves requires becoming familiar with our inner world and accurately identifying what scares, upsets, or delights us.
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I try to act with my whole body and, for better or worse, this is the face that's attached to it.
