Sam Shepard Quotes
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I am a human being. When you are frustrated, you do cry. It's more than once that I cried.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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Girls love guys who dance, and I'm definitely going to be the first one on the dance floor. Usually, you just see guys sitting around, but I definitely don't hold back when it comes to dancing.
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The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
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For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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I'm nearly blind. I can hardly see. But I'm taking some herbs. Something quacky.
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And if you do all you can, that's all you can ever do.
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I actually like pole dancing! It gives you so much confidence. I never thought I'd do it, but now I'm really into it.
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Formerly government was the responsibility of people; now people were the responsibility of government.
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Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.
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A Golden Globe is a mood-altering substance, there's no doubt about that.
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When you listen intensely to anything, you see how it can be improved.