- 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
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Frasier' was a classy gig. I didn't for one minute think it was less prestigious or artistic than doing a play.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first play I did was 'Philadelphia Here I Come.' Can you imagine that? I am 37 years old I am doing my second professional play and I am on stage with John Malkovich. Joan Allen, Laurie Metcalf and Gary Sinise. One huge name after another. I was terrified and petrified, could hardly get a word out of my mouth.
- Acting
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's how I learned how to act. I learned by doing it. I didn't start acting until I was 37.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I belonged to Stratford Children's Theater when I was a boy growing up in Manchester. Even then, I was always doing character parts.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to learn the lines and not get any precontrived things in my head about the part. Just get on stage and see what the other actors are doing, and respond to them as honestly as I can.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is my hope that by reducing the tax burden on small business owners that we can help them grow their businesses and, in doing so, create jobs.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father liked doing carpentry work, construction work, in the summer vacation. And so my mother designed a cabin, a log cabin, like a - it was like a Swiss chalet. I was twelve years old, and my father and I built it on a rocky point peninsula out into Lake Superior.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really not feeling one way or the other with comedy or drama, I'm just sort of doing projects that I've been finding really fun to be a part of.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite water cooler topic is fantasy football. I used to make fun of friends for doing it and now I'm obsessed.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I wasn't doing this kind of exploration, I'd like to be doing some other kind of exploration. It might be more risky, or less risky, but, in the business of exploration, risk is part of the territory.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to be doing quality acting in a quality role and making as many people as possible happy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020