Elia Suleiman Quotes

I don't think you can strategize to be poetic and neither can you strategize to be funny. It is not a tool, it is itself - it comes from the moment, from the character, from the background, from the streets.

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• Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.

  

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• Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

  

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• My dad is a really funny guy, and we would make jokes about my leukemia. When my friends would come over, we would joke about it, too.

  

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• I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.

  

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• Action is character.

  

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• I don't think you can strategize to be poetic and neither can you strategize to be funny. It is not a tool, it is itself - it comes from the moment, from the character, from the background, from the streets.

  

  Elia Suleiman
  • Character
  • Funny
  • Poetic