Gerard Woodward Quotes
This / is the use of trampolines / I will remember, the broken sunlight / Coming through the trees in a strange / Land, and lighting up my rising / And falling children, and their friends, / And the apples falling, / The new trees rising.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.
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I get inspired in certain places. You have to write in places like Amsterdam or Paris or New Zealand, when you're standing on a yacht, looking out at the middle of the ocean.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.
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Being a display pilot is probably the thing I've been most proud of in my life. Don't really fly anymore now though. I have three small children and as most of my friends were killed in different accidents, I realised that it was probably just a matter of time before I went that way.
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You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse world that we live in.
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This is the first time in 10 years I don't know what I'm doing next, and I'm rather enjoying it. Soon I'll be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom.
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My sister is not a public person, so I don't think it's right to discuss her.
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It's a political and manipulative industry. Actors vie for the same roles, movies are snatched away. Have I ever been manipulated? Yes. But I haven't manipulated anyone because if you think from the heart, you cannot be calculative. I have spent nights crying.
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It's like nothing's really happening. Our culture is almost dead.
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I'm originally from Dallas, Texas, where Bonnie and Clyde were from, so when I was a little kid, my grandfather used to drive me past the Barrow Filling Station. At my elementary school, there was a barn outside that they used to say was a Bonnie and Clyde hangout.
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There are so many people that say they are actors and they don't spend for 5 minutes a day working on their craft. You need to train and need to take classes to keep your tools sharp. I'm always in class, whether it's theater or drama workshops.
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I don't want to be submerged by depression.
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My all-time favorite program in my entire life was 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'
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I don't think you can look at my history and say they love me to death in Silicon Valley.
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Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success.
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One of the best things we can do for our country, for advancing our children, is to upgrade our child care system.
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Imaginary friends are one of the weirder forms of pretend play in childhood. But the research shows that imaginary friends actually help children understand the other people around them and imagine all the many ways that people could be.
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This / is the use of trampolines / I will remember, the broken sunlight / Coming through the trees in a strange / Land, and lighting up my rising / And falling children, and their friends, / And the apples falling, / The new trees rising.
