Alice Ripley Quotes
I've always looked to that play, 'Virginia Woolf,' for a cue - as far as any cue I might need as an actor for inspiration or as a writer.
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A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.
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An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.
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I actually found not having a routine was inspiration.
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TV and films are same for me. I took a decision to be an actor, and I am an actor. I never decided to be TV actor or film actor.
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In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
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My grandmother was always upbeat, a naturally happy person. I think I got that from her.
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My inspiration is love and history.
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You can always tell an actor by the bored look in their eye whenever someone else is talking.
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The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking for inspiration?
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My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
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Music is everywhere and in everything! I draw my inspiration from the day to day activities of my life!
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I gather inspiration from all aspects of my life and things I see: love, heartache, mistakes, hopes, regrets, successes and faith. And it helps to have a wild imagination.
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I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
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When you've finished reading every last thing by a famous writer, literary convention holds that you move on to his or her letters, the DVD extras peddled by publishers.
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I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff up, and I thought, 'I wanna do that.' It really had nothing to do with acting; I just wanted a job that allowed me to do fun, bigger-than-life stuff.
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It's not like what I do or what I wear is my copyright. What I'm wearing now also is an inspiration. It is how I saw it on the mannequin, and I just wore it, so it's in a way copied. But obviously, I wouldn't want to spend my life thinking about dresses. It is such a waste of life.
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Every actor wants more offers, but I get enough and I do like to be busy.
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There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.
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You learn early as an actor that creating your own material is the only way to have any control.
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There's absolutely no purpose for me ever to embarrass an actor by not getting the best possible performance. So, if it takes staying longer, then we'll staying longer and work through it.
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I am left with the conviction that an avalanche would be easier to dissuade than that man.
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But if we never acted except when we were certain our motives were pure, we would never act at all.
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I've always looked to that play, 'Virginia Woolf,' for a cue - as far as any cue I might need as an actor for inspiration or as a writer.
