Carol Kane Quotes
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I started acting young, and I was a dramatic actress.
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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 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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Acting is pretty much my whole life.
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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 feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people.
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Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life.
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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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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 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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While filming 'Annie Hall,' I never really hung out with Woody Allen.
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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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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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It's like life: you have both comedy and drama. There's a balance, and I'm lucky enough to have it in my work.
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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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I only eat things that you don't have to kill.
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It's very hard to remain a student in life.
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For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who the director is!
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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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I just love the black and white movies.
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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.