Alex Aiono (Martin Alexander Aiono) Quotes
I just love working with people who consistently push the limits, who try to be different and expand the talent that they have.
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The stage and working in front of a camera are two completely different mediums. Each requires different techniques.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
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My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater.
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I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.
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Age is just a number, and your talent will never fail you. It has no expiry date.
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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The Illinois Constitution was written before they realized they'd have a city the size of Chicago in the state. The constitution had severe limits on the ability of any city to raise monies through taxes and bonds. When Chicago grew explosively, they had to come up with ways of getting more money to do more things.
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Acting is equal parts talent and perseverance.
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After you do this for a while, you get used to things not working the way you want them to. There's a job you want, and you don't get it. There's a movie you'd like to get made, and it doesn't get made. You become inured to it.
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There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.
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It's about working when nobody's watching.
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Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
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I was working for the CIA and prohibited from speaking publicly.
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Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
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I've always been comfortable working with women and I've had two happy marriages. Draw what conclusions you like from that.
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I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk my way out of difficult situations.
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I literally hate working out.
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Flexible in the face of change, resilient in the face of confusion. All of these attributes are choices, not talents, and all of them are available to you.
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I was devastated when I got the review for my first book. The book came out a couple years before the women's movement broke through, and people were putting it down, asking, 'Why does the woman in this book need to get a divorce? Why can't she just shut up and be happy?'
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America is our biggest market, and I really do believe if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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I just love working with people who consistently push the limits, who try to be different and expand the talent that they have.
