Carol Kane Quotes
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If I had not made strategic choices, I would have had far more access to dramatic roles. But the one thing I don't regret, even about bad choices, is that there's always something you can get out of it.
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I started acting young, and I was a dramatic actress.
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Acting is pretty much my whole life.
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I was taught by a lot of great comedy writers to go for the reality in a role, and the comedy will come through.
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I don't think, 'Oh, you know, I'm crazy and zany.'
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I didn't know I wanted to go into entertainment, but I knew I wanted to be on stage when I was about seven. I saw a play, like most kids do, at a children's theater in Cleveland, and I just saw them up there, and I thought, 'that's where I want to be.'
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'Taxi' made a big difference because it got me into comedy.
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I don't like to objectify the people I play. I always try to go for the truth in any part.
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I don't like somebody saying to me in their performance, 'Look at this. Isn't this funny?' I pray that I don't do that. I'm sure I fall off the horse every once in a while, but I try not to.
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I think therapy can be very revealing and useful for actors. You start to dig deep and understand certain mechanisms that you hadn't been aware of before and, you know, meanings behind things.
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I don't feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people.
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I am a very simple cook, I just do the minimum amount. I'm mostly a vegetarian, so I just steam a lot of vegetables.
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Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life.
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Life is very cyclical. And my career has been very-high-very-low, very-high-very-low, and I think it'll probably keep on rolling that way.
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If I had the science and math capabilities, I would have liked to be a vet, but I don't! I don't have those capabilities.
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You can fake a lot of stuff, but you can't fake if the story isn't there and if the writing isn't good.
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While filming 'Annie Hall,' I never really hung out with Woody Allen.
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There's nothing obvious or predictable in acting. That's what it means to be in this profession.
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It's very hard to remain a student in life.
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I just love the black and white movies.
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If they give you good words to say, and you don't get in the way of them, you'll be OK.
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I don't put together cars, I put together people.
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A goal of mine is to try and be as real as possible. To try and not comment on the work I'm doing but just do it.
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The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.