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 don't think, 'Oh, you know, I'm crazy and zany.'
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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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Acting is pretty much my whole life.
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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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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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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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'Taxi' made a big difference because it got me into comedy.
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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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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 don't feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people.
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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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There's nothing obvious or predictable in acting. That's what it means to be in this profession.
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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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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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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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While filming 'Annie Hall,' I never really hung out with Woody Allen.
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I only eat things that you don't have to kill.
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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 make my relationships at work.
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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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It's very hard to remain a student in life.