George Wein Quotes
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For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.
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Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching.
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I was doing community theater since I was about nine.
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I much prefer doing comedy. I get a little paranoid when the audience is not laughing.
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I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.
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I like writing about biology, not doing it.
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You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently - and I think that is what is going to make the difference.
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I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But doing it was actually a wonderfully inspiring experience.
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I love doing kids' films.
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I can only focus on doing what's right.
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Occasionally, especially on video games and with a lot of the fighting stuff, to get what you feel is the proper sound, you have to imitate what you're doing, and occasionally I've gotten carried away and kicked over mic stands or punched things.
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Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do nothing wrong, they just keep going, but it's not like that.
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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But I did make some money doing commercials. I did fourteen in one year.
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A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they're supposed to be leaders in the world, they're followers. They follow what they think someone else is doing, instead of trying to blaze a trail.
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I love 'Battles,' and I love what it's doing for people.
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I'm thrilled I can make a living doing something I enjoy.
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I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it.
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I'm the girl next door, not the sex symbol.
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I think it turned the whole sport around. It got everybody's attention. People who were watching TV live were jumping up and down in their living rooms.
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I used to think 'King Lear' was an analysis of insanity, but I don't really think it is. When Lear is supposed to be at his most insane, he is actually understanding the world for the first time.
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I'm definitely interested in exploring human contradictions. Contradictions are what make us human - it's what defines us as human beings. Contradictions are what make characters interesting, and I've been lucky to be presented with characters who have a lot of contradictions.
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An abused childhood affects the entire life... It affects every facet of the life.
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I got more publicity for not doing a festival than for doing the festival.
