- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
That was the beginning of modern acting for me. You don't have to tell a camera everything. It gets bored if you do and wants to look elsewhere.
- Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
You do small movies because the script is good and because you believe in the director. You don't care about the money. And when they disappear, it's a pity.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're playing a lead, you're shaping the movie. When you're playing a supporting role, you've got only a moment to make it count.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never watch TV. I know I'm missing so much, aren't I? I'm probably not. I can't stand popular TV. I've got too much to do to watch it. I know that sounds pretentious and pompous, but there you are.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're playing the part of a saxophone or a trumpet player, both of which I have done, it would be nice to be able to play like John Coltrane, but you can't. Your job is to do something else. And I'm not sure what it is, but I don't think I'd be acting Niels Bohr any better if I went and studied physics for five years.
- Crucifixion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lance Armstrong has a 17th-century, 15-foot Spanish fresco of the crucifixion hanging on the wall of his Austin mansion. This doesn't mean - and some of you Armstrong acolytes might want to sit down for this - that Lance is Jesus.
- Ego
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- Nov 07, 2020
To build an empire - or win seven Tour de Frances in a row - you must have a Lone Star-size ego and a dash of megalomania.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020