Stephen Lang Quotes
You can play anyone if you're open enough. It's a form of possession. Each time you work on something, you allow yourself to be possessed by creating the environment for it. Then you allow the possession to happen - but not at the expense of your sanity or of your identity.
Quotes to Explore
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At the lowest cognitive level, they are processes of experiencing, or, to speak more generally, processes of intuiting that grasp the object in the original.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.
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In a democracy, you don't need anyone's permission to form a new political party, publish a politically charged article, or organize a 'tea party.' And in open markets, individuals are free to buy and invest as they see fit.
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By any definition, what happened in Bhutan in the years 1989-93 was ethnic cleansing. The Bhutanese government denies this and has refused to repatriate any of those forcibly expelled.
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There are artists or filmmakers or cinematographers who have had long careers who, maybe to reinvent themselves or just to stay in a secure place, layer it on or ham it up, if I can use that expression, or make grand choices that don't feel as authentic as what they did to make us fall in love with them in the first place.
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It's about not accepting every little challange thrown at you. Sometimes you hold back and when it's needed you go for it.
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For me, one of the most important things I look for in an actor is whether we can converse. Do we have a similar ability to discuss a character?
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I have no problems with failures, I'm afraid of failing within myself. At times when I know I did something wrong, I don't sleep that night. I'm scared of facing myself.
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Stupidity took me pretty far.
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The show is very special to me, as I found my life partner Vivek Dahiya while working on 'YHM.' The entire cast and set has become like a second home to me.
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My two brothers and I grew up in the theater, going everywhere with my parents when they performed.
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Nothing surprises me about the Lords.
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I have no desire to spend my off-hours listening to other shows. Unless it's Howard Stern, of course.
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Don't listen to experts.
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Each role demands the right actor. To play an artist, one must be an artist.
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Our soldiers and their families are benefiting. They deserve good, quality housing and they need it.
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I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play.
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Countless religious innovators over the years have played the game of establishing an identity for themselves by accentuating their otherness.
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You can remember times when you were a kid, when life looked too doggoned deliciously beautiful to be left alone. So you could feel like that again if you worked at it.
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I think there is value in having practising scientists as leaders of research institutions.
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You can play anyone if you're open enough. It's a form of possession. Each time you work on something, you allow yourself to be possessed by creating the environment for it. Then you allow the possession to happen - but not at the expense of your sanity or of your identity.
