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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The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.
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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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There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.
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I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don't get homesick.
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I love vintage cowboy boots, and some days I'm into platform stilettos encrusted in jewels. It's really all over the place.
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A book is kind because its pages let us know when it is coming to an end.
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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.
