April Parker Jones Quotes
Theater will always be my first love. The time and dedication that goes into the rehearsal process with the cast and crew is something that TV/Movie acting does not offer.
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Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
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In some Old Testament books, it's very evident that an editor has been at work. That's quite all right. It's part of the process.
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If a decision-making process is flawed and dysfunctional, decisions will go awry.
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I was doing community theater since I was about nine.
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I've found that musical theater is my passion.
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As a grandson of farmers in downstate Illinois, I have long admired the dedication of farmers to their work and have written about the role of agriculture in American innovation.
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I fell in love with the whole process of making a movie. I loved the sets. I loved watching the actors and the crew.
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There's always something more to be accomplished with a character. Theater is a human experience. There's nothing shellacked or finished off about it. I guess that's why it always draws me back.
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My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion.
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I want to make it to Heaven and be as good an influence on others as I can in that process.
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When you're a storyteller, part of the process of storytelling is the kind of communion you form with the audience to whom you're telling your story. If some segment of the audience doesn't like that story, it doesn't feel good.
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I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there.
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I'm interested in animation. I actually feel like I've learned so much about the process how to make an animated movie.
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I love the structural part of the writing process.
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My first choice had always been my father. He's still my first pick. Now that the nominating process is over, tonight, I'm happy to announce that I'm going to be supporting Governor Romney.
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I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director. So most of my songs come in a play form, you know, where there are characters and stories, so I like to go beyond just the song sometimes.
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Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process.
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Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.
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Ever since I was little, I loved to eat. I started eating when I wasn't hungry. My weight has always been up and down.
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It was in their friendship they just wanted to run forever, shadow and shadow.
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It doesn't matter to me what is going on today because my music encompasses every kind of mood that exists in human beings. That's my stick.
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Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.
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I think that [Donald Trump] clearly was able to tap into a lot of grievances. And he has a talent for making a connection with his supporters that overrode some of the traditional benchmarks of how you'd run a campaign or conduct yourself as a presidential candidate. What will be interesting to see is how that plays out during the course of his presidency.
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Theater will always be my first love. The time and dedication that goes into the rehearsal process with the cast and crew is something that TV/Movie acting does not offer.
