Sterling Beaumon (Sterling Martin Beaumon) Quotes
During the screen test for 'Red Widow' was the first time anyone ever told me that I was good at auditioning.
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The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
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Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies at Harvard University.
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I would love to do a Broadway play. I would love to do big screen also, motion picture.
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The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
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I don't look like Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise. When you put me on the screen, the women don't want to make love to me, and the men don't want to be me.
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I think people think I'm a lot younger than I am because of how I look on screen.
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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
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When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in the debriefing. You don't keep something to yourself.
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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
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The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white.
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When you write something, at first you might feel very defensive and protective of every single thing, but after a while, you just see what works and what doesn't. Sometimes you do test screenings, and an audience tells you that, or sometimes you eventually just go, 'Let's cut the joke out.'
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The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.
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You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.
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I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying.
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Most often, qualifications are defined by the credentials of the person who last held the job. If that is to continue to be the litmus test, white males will continue to be the top choice on any list, if the interviewer is also a white male.
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All actresses, including me, want to look great on screen.
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Conventional manners are a kind of literacy test for the alien who comes among us.
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Auditioning is an entirely different part of what we do as actors.
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'Speed' and 'Point Break' were a lot of running and jumping, and then 'The Matrix Trilogy' had a lot of fights and wire work and green screen elements.
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Many past products advertised in old publications can be profitably promoted all over again. Sometimes, just by giving them a new twist or modern application, you'll hit a real winner.
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I sing around the house, in the shower.
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The debate about who decides what gets taught is fascinating, albeit excruciating for those who have to defend the schools against bunkum.
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It's not always about survival, this life we are given; it's usually so much easier than that. It's about trusting the eternal life force that is flowing within us-letting that force lead the way through all of the inevitable changes we will face across the span of our time here on Earth.
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During the screen test for 'Red Widow' was the first time anyone ever told me that I was good at auditioning.
