Alec Guinness Quotes
An actor is at his best a kind of unfrocked priest who, for an hour or two, can call on heaven and hell to mesmerize a group of innocents.
Quotes to Explore
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I am not going to say I have been a saint. I have not been a perfect man. None is perfect but the Father, which is in Heaven.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures.
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I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.
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Many fans were surprised when they learned that the little girl in drama 'Stairway To Heaven' was me.
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I'm an actor.
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Nowadays, you can be a fan of someone that's not an actor or artist. You can be a fan of someone that makes YouTube videos.
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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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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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I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.
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It was never my goal to be an actor.
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The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
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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 am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.
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We joke about it in the entertainment industry: Every actor wants to be a musician, and every musician wants to be an actor.
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Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.
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I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.
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Every actor wants more offers, but I get enough and I do like to be busy.
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Heaven-gates are not so highly archedAs princes' palaces; they that enter thereMust go upon their knees.
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It takes two seconds. . . . No more fishing in your wallet or purse for credit cards.
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My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me.
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String theory is extremely attractive because gravity is forced upon us. All known consistent string theories include gravity, so while gravity is impossible in quantum field theory as we have known it, it is obligatory in string theory.
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The difference principle, for example, requires that the higher expectations of the more advantaged contribute to the prospects of the least advantaged.
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An actor is at his best a kind of unfrocked priest who, for an hour or two, can call on heaven and hell to mesmerize a group of innocents.
