William Fitzgerald Harper (William Jackson Harper) Quotes
Once you learn how to free up in front of the camera, it's like nothing else.
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I think we should be encouraged to learn from Columbine and let it be a battle cry for all of us.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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If you're filming somebody doing something they really want to do, you're probably not very high on their list of problems to deal with. You see James Carville on the phone - he's like that whether you have a camera or not. He isn't doing it just for you, and that's hard to explain.
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Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
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It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.
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I thought I knew everything when I came to Rome, but I soon found I had everything to learn.
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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Appropriate assessments are a crucial part of effectively educating students. But they only measure a narrow segment of what kids need to learn.
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On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.
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From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what extent of the crowd a song can reach. I write in a way that can reach most of the audience, but I also wanted to have truly intimate moments as well, many intimate moments, more so than the big moments.
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The nude scenes were a little eerie and I felt a bit odd. Yeah, when the camera scanned up my body, I said to my friend, 'Now, that's a close-up.' I mean, you see every inch of my body. But I'm okay with it and so it was cool.
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I want to be a better writer. I want to learn and grow, to know how to tell stories in a different and more challenging way. I've learned it doesn't get easier each time. It actually gets harder.
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I think we can all learn things if we really want to. It's fascinating how that can get expedited when you have a support system around you.
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It's tough, but you learn your lesson from all the mistakes you make.
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I've wanted to do some sort of acting stuff down the line, but modeling is a good way to get comfortable in front of the camera.
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I had a lot of times with Wales as well when we were getting beat - and beaten well - and you learn to deal with it. You learn that next time it happens, you roll your sleeves up and give everything for the team.
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You learn a whole lot more about a person if they have bad breaks and all those kind of things.
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The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.
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People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.
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Learn to pray. Pray often. Pray in your mind, in your heart. Pray on your knees. Prayer is your personal key to heaven. The lock is on your side of the veil. And I have learned to conclude all my prayers with ‘Thy will be done’ (Matthew 6:10; see also Luke 11:2; 3 Nephi 13:10).
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Gravity is more suggestive than convincing.
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The struggle between art and mastery is like the struggle between spontaneity and persistence. When they become one, it is indeed rare and hard won.
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The more sincerity is developed, the greater share of truth you will have. And however much sincerity a person may have, there is always a gap to fill, for we live in the midst of falsehood, and we are always apt to be carried away by this world of falsehood. Therefore we must never think we are sincere enough, and we must always be on our guard against influences which may carry us away from that sincerity which is the bridge between ourselves and our ideal. No study, no meditation is more helpful than sincerity itself.
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Once you learn how to free up in front of the camera, it's like nothing else.
