My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. It has brought me together with fine people, good companions with whom I've shared the inevitable lot of all actors: flops and hits.
Peter O'Toole
Related I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their ga... GARY SINISE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I was brought up with a lot of love in my family, and I've always been supported. My family has ... ERIK HASSLE It has brought a lot of people together. JUAN OLVERA One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I've had some lovely, surprisingly g... ANDRE DUBUS III Expectation has brought me disappointment. Disappointment has brought me wisdom. Acceptance, gratitu... RASHEED OGUNLARU My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace. MAUREEN O'HARA My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace. MAUREEN O'HARA Whenever I perform on stage, I feel detached from the material world and aspire to be one with the S... SHALLU JINDAL I'm not done with acting forever. I'm very grateful for what my acting has brought me. But you only ... JOHN CORBETT My children were brought up with their grandparents, and I was brought up with my grandparents. I th... FRANCESCA ANNIS I came from a happy family with loving parents, so my associations with marriage and children were a... DAVID FURNISH There's a very fine line between underacting and not acting at all. And not acting is what a lot of ... JOAN BLONDELL I've realized that my... let me call it 'destiny' or some force that has pushed me to id... IRRFAN KHAN For me it came from the material. It was so well written and brought the opportunity to work with gr... DWAYNE JOHNSON My father died when I was 7. I was his favorite child, and he was my beloved father. I brought him a... P. L. TRAVERS I mean, each one of them coming into my life has brought me something, taught me something. BILL BERLONI Mount Saint John is a good place. It brought me and my son back together. LILLIAN WILLIAMS Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in da... NINON DE LENCLOS He was a tremendous observer of the idiocies of life and brought them brilliantly to the screen and ... GABRIEL BYRNE I'm living the exact life I planned on living when I was five. My life has taken some turns and ... TOM FORD It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break fre... JANET JACKSON Because of all the various people who've come in and out and brought along ideas, I've been ... CHRIS SQUIRE The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk. DUSTIN HOFFMAN Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it DUSTIN HOFFMAN Everyone has a gift. It's up to you to decide what you do with it. ANTHONY T. HINCKS People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they ... BETTE DAVIS We're actors. We're the opposite of people. TOM STOPPARD If I'm too strong for some people, that's their problem GLENDA JACKSON Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than ... BETTE DAVIS [• LA WESLEY BONITA: The Material Girl has stepped onto the political stage and endorsed Clark.] I... MADONNA Film brings together framing and light and color and performance and music and all of that. To me, e... PETER LANDESMAN [The role] has brought out a lot of confidence in me. KATIE LEUNG They know all my frustrations, especially my oldest. My youngest has always been on my hip and he ha... JEFF CARTY The Friendship Center has brought together a lot of couples. TOM ROBBINS Most of the people you see me working for me are actually with me. And I'm proud to say that I... MAXWELL I don't see myself as an icon. I was very moved by the response to my book; it brought me into relat... CAROL GILLIGAN I love acting. It is so much more real than life. OSCAR WILDE The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own. SUSAN SONTAG Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself. JOHN GIELGUD I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being... OSCAR WILDE You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act! Whatever it ... CARL GUSTAV JUNG Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters SENECA Once you've been really "bad" in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop JACK NICHOLSON My mom always taught me to be sweet and polite and cross my legs because it's what the guys like. Ac... TIFFANI AMBER THIESSEN There are no small parts. Only small actors. MILAN KUNDERA You were very good playing a bitch-heroine, but you shouldn't win an award for playing yourself. JACK L. WARNER An actress always knows when she's hit it and mostly you haven't; but once or twice I think I hit it... HELEN HAYES I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one. BRIGITTE BARDOT The best actors do not let the wheels show. MILAN KUNDERA I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's n... JULIA ROBERTS The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage. ETHEL BARRYMORE I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something. BETTE MIDLER I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber. EWAN MCGREGOR I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of t... ORSON WELLES Actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while your preachers too often speak of thing... THOMAS BETTERTON Originally, I Was A Happy Drunk
EWAN MCGREGOR Nicole - Knickers, as I call her. I would swear, burp and fart in front of her. I'd try and embarras... EWAN MCGREGOR Why am I here? You guys are so fantastic. KATE REID For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration ha... DUSTIN HOFFMAN The development of our relationship has been very good. I enjoy playing with Steven. He has been bri... FRANK LAMPARD I shared the stage with Jerry for 35 years and think about him every time I pick up my guitar. This ... BOB WEIR Just let the wardrobe do the acting JACK NICHOLSON On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting OLIVER GOLDSMITH Without acting I cannot breathe. LAURENCE OLIVIER, SIR What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying? LAURENCE OLIVIER, SIR Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult. LAURENCE OLIVIER, SIR Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly. ROSALIND RUSSELL Without acting I cannot breathe. LAURENCE OLIVIER SIR What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying? LAURENCE OLIVIER SIR Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult. LAURENCE OLIVIER SIR Acting is not very hard. The most important things are to be able to laugh and cry. If I have to cry... GLENDA JACKSON The good thing about acting is that it always keeps you on your toes... It's not like any other job ... LEONARDO DICAPRIO I've been planted here to be a vessel for acting... That's why I'm really taking any part, regardles... LEONARDO DICAPRIO Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it. ELAINE DUNDY I'm strong and opinionated. Those qualities brought me a lot of problems since I was a little gi... PENELOPE CRUZ I've been working on the screen right from childhood and am completely in love with my work. And... HANSIKA MOTWANI Being gay has taught me tolerance, compassion and humility. It has shown me limitless possibilities ... ARMISTEAD MAUPIN Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting... CHRISTOPHER LEE I've been barefoot most of my life: either flip flops or barefoot on the pool deck. Although you... SUMMER SANDERS Nothing has brought me more love, joy and peace than being a good husband and good daddy. FRANK ABAGNALE [Mann has not been the familys only benefactor. Members of Talladega Creek Baptist Church and Past... BARBARA UPTON It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacin... AARON ECKHART Music has always been a huge passion in my life. I've just had such success with my acting that ... OLIVIA D'ABO Capitalism has socialized production. It has brought thousands of people together in the factory and... C. L. R. JAMES I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family. IOAN GRUFFUDD Gastronomy is my hobby. I'm simply the casting director. Once I've brought all the right peo... ALAIN DUCASSE There aren't a lot of female story artists, and it's baffling to me. There are a lot of kids... JENNIFER YUH NELSON A lot of the time I hate acting. It has a lot to do with the way I was brought up in a world where s... MATTHEW FOX Jon and Peter are the reason for my success. Jon was the most instrumental teacher I've had in hocke... ERIC SCHLICHTE I think 'Comic Book: The Movie' is the apex of my career in terms of making a personal state... MARK HAMILL I took a psychology class, and I think the study of the mind can help me further my acting ability. ... SIERRA MCCORMICK This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours... OMAR BRADLEY I've always been spontaneous and outgoing... I've tried lots of things so I've got some good life ex... LEONARDO DICAPRIO Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing. RALPH RICHARDSON It's all being buried with me, ... All copies of the two trilogies will be brought to my gravesite w... GEORGE LUCAS As an actor and as a person you come together with being in familiar territory although that has not... ROBERT REDFORD I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor. JACK NICHOLSON I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant owners do, bec... JOSH HARTNETT We've all been brought up with the view that religion has some kind of special privileged status... RICHARD DAWKINS
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