- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doing Quotes
On action, effort and the discipline of doing the work.
These lines describe doing in its many forms: the overlap between film and television production, the uncertainty built into research, and committing to work you believe in even without much recognition. For more, see our Action quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've wanted to write ever since I've gotten into comics. I wrote little things for myself when I was doing mini-comics and things, before becoming a professional. But I just figure at some point or another, I've got to make the leap. I just have to do it.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm doing a one-on-one with somebody, I have to speak in a language that that person can understand, using a vocabulary that they instantly get, and I always have to feel my way around to figure that out. It's a lot of fun, and it's also really challenging - challenging in a different way from performing.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was about 6, my cousin was very active in a Filipino repertory company, doing musicals and plays. Her aunt was one of the founders of the company, and she told my mom that there were these auditions for 'The King and I,' and that they needed kids. I auditioned, got in and the love affair started from there and just kept going.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was doing TV work, theatre work, and some film work in the Philippines when I left.
- Pretty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 17 when I auditioned for 'Miss Saigon.' I really grew up doing that show. I pretty much knew, almost a year into 'Miss Saigon,' that I was going to be a performer, that I was going to be singing and acting.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother told me to raise my kids with calculated neglect. They get their self-worth from doing what they can do and not having everything done for them.
- Finished Product
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- Nov 07, 2020
We may win when we lose, if we have done what we can; for by so doing we have made real at least some part of that finished product in whose fabrication we are most concerned: ourselves.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
Roger Goodell is doing his job. He's front office. Whatever he says goes, and I'll leave it at that.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, I really liked those guys and the experience of doing Raiders was really good for me, but I did not really want to be involved - I only did Jedi, as I really owed George a favor.
- Economics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results when, in fact, the results never change, is one definition of insanity. That goes for economics, too.
- Not Talking
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- Nov 07, 2020