Maria Callas Quotes
To me, the art of music is magnificent, and I cannot bear to see it treated in a shabby way.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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I don't know what's with me and the 'of God' shows. It's hard to tweet about, because I guess 'God' triggers some kind of filter.
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Well who's black and what is a black person?
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I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and hope I am always in the learning frame of mind in acting or in anything else that I do. That's what makes life interesting and worth living.
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I fantasized being a broadcaster.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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It seems like WikiLeaks has better information on Hillary Clinton than she does herself.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and a fair athlete, but my skills didn't come close to some of the players I saw.
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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As a kid I didn't see black cowboys on the screen. What that said to me was that there were things I couldn't do or be because of my color. What we see others like us do gives us permission to expand our own horizons.
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Isn't it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?
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I don't know many South Africans who don't have their eyes wide open to what it's like to be exposed to some sort of violence. The question is whether we choose to be cynical about it or not.
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With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the child's problems will never be important enough for a television movie.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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It is one of the most hauntingly beautiful places in the world, the history is fascinating, the men are handsome and the whisky is delicious. But don't eat the macaroni pies.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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To me, the art of music is magnificent, and I cannot bear to see it treated in a shabby way.
