William Franklin Beedle Jr. (William Holden) Quotes
For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I am actually doing it.
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I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago.
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I'm more interested in producing than acting.
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I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.
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I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.
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I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.
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I don't think you have to be in these serious, heavy, independent little movies to be an actor. Some of the most interesting acting I've seen is on cable television.
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I took acting five times as seriously as anyone else. I just couldn't show it.
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Acting is about going into the space, and there are just some places that I'm not willing to go.
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Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.
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I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.
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I don't do method acting. If I play a farmer, I'm not gonna spend 3 weeks on a chicken farm. That's a bit too much for me.
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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.
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I've done teaching and things like that because if you're acting, you're becoming other human beings, and you need to have time to find who you are as well.
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After studying art, I was a painter for a while and was asked to audition for a movie randomly. I hadn't thought of acting before that.
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I've always been interested in moments of disbelief... I don't know if they possess any magic, but they do have something.
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As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that are interesting to me are independent films and they have trouble raising money. With people putting their money into blockbusters, there is not much left for the independents.
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First acting gig was playing a victim in 'America's Most Wanted.' The night the show aired, they caught the killer!
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If I wasn't acting, I would sail professionally. Nowhere specific, but I'd sail to Bermuda, South Africa, ya know, get paid to race in Regattas, I think that'd be pretty rad.
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The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.
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Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume; the hellish cycle is complete.
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One of the most powerful feelings in the world is after a really, really long run.
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For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I am actually doing it.
