Michael Potts Quotes
My acting teacher, Earle Gister. He had a genius for knowing exactly where every one of us were in our development as actors. He always knew precisely what to say or suggest to unlock a moment. He somehow always made it seem like it was our idea. I call him 'The Invisible Hand.'
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And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.
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I don't have business with any politicians.
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We don't wake up happy and looking absolutely perfect and feeling amazing every day, you know? We're only human. So I think, with me, I'm not really scared to let people see that - because it's real.
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I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
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I really am an open book. I don't keep anything in at all, which is good and bad.
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Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.
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I can tell you Kristen Hager is one of my all time favorite people to work with ever and one of the greatest scene partners, and I'm such a lucky guy.
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I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater.
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The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and morality.
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Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
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I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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I want to write weirder stuff and convince people that it's Top 40.
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It's good that I put my personal ego aside. My basketball ego was, 'Why we negotiating?' But my personal ego didn't take it personal. I put my personal ego aside a little bit.
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You cannot be in pretend for people to like you.
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When I was a kid, my favorite after-school snack was hominy and pickled pigs feet.
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I really have learned to live in the moment. I don't question things too much or try to project into the future. That's how life should be.
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Various species of animals react differently to the same drug. Not only do the variations in the metabolism of a drug make it difficult to extrapolate results of animal experiments to man but they create a serious obstacle to the development of new therapeutic drugs.
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My acting teacher, Earle Gister. He had a genius for knowing exactly where every one of us were in our development as actors. He always knew precisely what to say or suggest to unlock a moment. He somehow always made it seem like it was our idea. I call him 'The Invisible Hand.'
