I’ve figured out what to do so far, but it’s always the next thing you come to where the man with the bucket of ice cold water is waiting – whoosh! in your face. That’s why you work with directors who know what to tell you to do. ~ Dame Judi Dench.
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. ~ Michael Caine.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage. ~ Dame Maggie Smith.
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My old drama coach used to say, “Don’t just do something, stand there.” Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing. ~ Clint Eastwood.
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All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene. ~ Meryl Streep.
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I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it. ~ Sir Laurence Olivier.
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Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance. ~ Morgan Freeman.
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If you’re playing somebody who is not you, then you can imagine that you are that person. You can feel like he feels, move like he moves, look like he looks – in your own mind. ~ Morgan Freeman.
- Act before you think – your instincts are more honest than your thoughts.
- Being an actor was never supposed to be about fame and money. Being an actor is a religious calling because you’ve been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity.
- Find in yourself those human things which are universal.
- An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words.
_ Every little moment has a meaning all its own.
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I don’t know what is better than the work that is given to the actor-to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself. ~ Sir Laurence Olivier.
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You have to trust your instincts. There’s a moment when an actor has it, and he knows it. Behind the camera you can feel the moment even more clearly. And once you’ve got it, once you feel it, you can’t second-guess yourself. You can find a million reasons why something didn’t work. But if it feels right, and it looks right, it works. Without sounding like a pseudointellectual dipshit, it’s my responsibility to be true to myself. If it works for me, it’s right. ~ Clint Eastwood.
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