Abby Brammell Quotes
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For me, acting is becoming naked in front of people, you know? And when you know in the back of your mind somebody is testing you, you cannot really bare yourself. That's a feeling I always have when I'm auditioning.
Irrfan Khan -
Cats are impossible to work with. They're just very difficult because you can't really train them. They're not really interested in whatever you want them to do. Dogs want to please you; cats only want to please themselves.
Oscar Isaac -
I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.
Zachary Quinto -
Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.
Karen Salmansohn -
Let the tech firms and consulting firms build your skills, but be sure to ask yourself, 'Am I maximizing my impact?' 'Am I living up to my values?'
Wendy Kopp -
Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.
Val Kilmer
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If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.
Uta Hagen -
I'm an actor.
Dan Butler -
The first time you win, nobody picks you; the last time you win, nobody picks you. You've just got to pick yourself.
Venus Williams -
Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.
Halle Berry -
I just think that is so important to keep a strong support system, to keep yourself encouraged.
Victoria Osteen -
Envision what the end result is supposed to be... what do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you see yourself? Once we identify what the painting on the wall is, it is so much easier to bring in the right colors, canvas and brushes to paint that picture.
Fat Joe
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Just about every actor wants to be a Disney cartoon voice at some point.
Randy Quaid -
Asian players train so hard. Most of the time, on Monday mornings, the only people you see on the range are Asians. I mean, only see Asians.
Yani Tseng -
I don't just train to be a participant. I train to come up big in big moments. That's when I know I've got to roll the sleeves up.
Carli Lloyd -
I think feminism is that you just have to stick it all out. I remember this one time when someone interviewed me, and I was young, and they said, 'Do you see yourself as a feminist?' And I was like, 'I don't know. I'm not really comfortable calling myself a feminist.'
Yuna -
I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.
Malcolm McDowell -
Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
Samuel Goldwyn
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I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff up, and I thought, 'I wanna do that.' It really had nothing to do with acting; I just wanted a job that allowed me to do fun, bigger-than-life stuff.
Zach Gilford -
Little I ask And that little is not granted." There are few crumbs In this world any more.
Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth -
There will be this mix of people like me who write for major national newspapers and amateur critics, practitioner critics, whose primary way of distributing what they talk about is through blogs and on the web. The line between professional and amateur criticism will become increasingly blurred. The problem here is that if you want to do this for a living, you have to be able to earn a living doing it.
Terry Teachout -
Love is not lust. The two (love and lust) are poles apart. Love liberates while lust binds.
Narayanananda Swami -
I do not subscribe to any rigid and mechanical rule ... I intend to be flexible and to learn from experience.
Ben Bernanke -
To any aspiring actor, go and train yourself.
Abby Brammell