340 quotes found
“I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.”
“If you don't interfere with me, I'll always do something really good.”
“Never give all the heart, for loveWill hardly seem worth thinking ofTo passionate women if it seemCertain, and they never dreamThat it fades out from kiss to kiss;For everything that's lovely isBut...”
“Do not recite words just to prove to yourself and others that you know and love God; for he already put his breath and light inside you. Instead, put truth in your every word and action, and always...”
“Do not get down on your knees to pray just to show God that you always remember him. Instead stay on your feet, and always do as he would do in place of him.”
“All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and their entrances,And one man in his time plays many parts,His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,M...”
“You face an audience and prepare to speak. Fear will be there, if you're alive. There is, of course, no shortage of feeling up there. It is an extreme act, unusual, testing you in unparalleled ways...”
“ligion is the opiate of the masses." "I did masses of opiates religiously.”
“Ive never liked the term actor. Barron spoke slowly, joining hands with the cast members to his left and right. The rest of them formed a circle, also holding hands, and he continued. Seriously now...”
“If you don't lose first you are not entitled to win.”
“All the world's a stage.”
“If you were born with the ability to change someones perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can givethe ability to influence.”
“I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.”
“Actors in any capacity, artists of any stripe, are inspired by their curiosity, by their desire to explore all quarters of life, in light and in dark, and reflect what they find in their work. Arti...”
“I've lived all these years among those who create nothing and change nothing,' I said. 'Actors and musicians-they're saints to me.”
“And this notion of the meaninglessness of our lives here began to enflame us.I took up the theme again that music and acting were good because they drove back chaos. Chaos was the meaninglessness o...”
“Literature, although it stands apart by reason of the great destiny and general use of its medium in the affairs of men, is yet an art like other arts. Of these we may distinguish two great classes...”
“Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless theyre clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you.”
“Death is just the last scene of the last act.”
“I don't belive in God. I believe in...Al Pacino.”
