Aristotle Quotes
The purpose of art is to represent the meaning of things. This represents the true reality, not external aspects.
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When I started acting, it was like a double identity crisis - your basic crisis, compounded by people saying, 'there goes Robards' kid, Bacall's kid.' Now I realize, sure, that gets your foot in the door, but once it's there, it's your foot. I'm not bothered anymore. I'm confident of my abilities.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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I will say the scope of the 'Supergirl' pilot was incredible. I've personally never been involved in something with such a huge production value and scope.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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Clothes, thank God I can get them from designers.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to interfere with their work. I don't want them to interfere with mine.
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If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
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We don't go against the will of the people.
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I'm cold in summer. I'm the coldest person ever! It's very ironic I'm never cold in the scripts. Every time I'm shooting, if you don't see a part of me, there are hot water bottles there.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.
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Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing.
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The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory.
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I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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I have great family and good friends; the stories I told became popular, and people all over the world bought them.
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A mother is beyond any notion of a beginning. That's what makes her a mother.
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To me, at its best, that's what art should do, perform both the emotional and intellectual function.
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I think it's sad that movies and television have caused the theatre to fade as a popular art form. I hope to get young people into the theatre and expose them to Shakespeare.
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The purpose of art is to represent the meaning of things. This represents the true reality, not external aspects.
