Alan Rickman Quotes
From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other.
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Racism is a physical experience.
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I think there is an enormous sea change happening in the global workforce. It has a lot to do with globalization. I think that people used to have a hope for a career or meaningful employment, and its been reduced to internships, part-time work or just grossly underpaid work.
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We want our students to graduate from high school, but we want them to graduate with a plan, whether it's college or career.
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I have an older brother who is an actor as well.
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If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.
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I hate these platforms that are all over the place today; they are all about grabbing attention. They are suburban! I never do a platform. Well, I did, in the 1970s, but that was a bad experience.
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How I see my career is very much as an entrepreneur in the field of philanthropy.
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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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I have to write what I can write, and writing the text of a picture book is like walking a tightrope, if you ramble off... As my friend Julius Lester says, 'A picture book is the essence of an experience.'
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Major film stars tend to do a film and then have a couple of months off. I'm not a major film star; I'm a jobbing actor.
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Age is relative. Experience is relative. And I think often intensity is confused with maturity.
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I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.
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If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.
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People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.
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The lifestyle that comes with being an actor in a successful TV show isn't something I gravitate toward.
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I loved competing and winning and also wanted to continue my career for the fans, knowing they were there for me and enjoyed watching me fight.
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I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.
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When I started training to fight, it was more out of boredom than anything. I was looking for more things to do. I started with boxing, and my coaches told me I had a lot of potential and that I should consider making it a career. I was like, 'Whatever.' I was just 15 at the time, and I never imagined something like that.
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I'll always take an artistic endeavor over a career move.
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Experience shows that the reliance on illegal, immoral, and inhumane interrogation techniques is universally a very poor choice.
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I really wished I had done the backpacking-through-Europe thing when I was younger, but I was busy doing musical theater.
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I've forgotten what it feels like to be in one place for more than a day... But we signed up for this. This is our dream. We sat down and said this is what we want to do, play music and touring.
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Growing up, there were no families on TV that looked like mine.
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From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other.
