Ben Lerner Quotes
In art and life we're always reading bodies and behaviors (and skies and skylines or whatever), constructing brief and shifting coherences, and I guess I want to capture that process of characterization and re-characterization instead of offering up a few stable, easily-summarized individuals.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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I just want to do my job.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got.
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You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
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You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.
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I've been training quite hard.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.
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We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.
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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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One of the biggest differences between you and a traditionally published author is that a self-pubbed author is responsible for everything. Not just writing the book - but cover design, editing, producing, distribution, and publicity as well.
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Halston was one of the hardest-working designers I have come across. The way he cut, moulded, manipulated and draped fabric was inspiring. I was submerged into the Halston subculture alongside Andy Warhol, Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor and Truman Capote. They shaped who I have become as a designer.
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Each instant of life is a step toward death.
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Life's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy - and then death.
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I think that in the end, a talk show is a very different animal.
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In September of 2015, I did the unthinkable: I used my second-ever runway show to bring awareness to the Black Lives Matter movement. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do professionally. It was lonely.
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Part of an actor's job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how he tries to work.
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In art and life we're always reading bodies and behaviors (and skies and skylines or whatever), constructing brief and shifting coherences, and I guess I want to capture that process of characterization and re-characterization instead of offering up a few stable, easily-summarized individuals.
