- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yourself Quotes
The hardest audience is yourself.
These quotes turn inward — an actor describing the fear that comes before any audience does, and thoughts on the quiet value of lowering the noise and simply listening more closely. For more on inner confidence, see Feel quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Partner
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you feel like you're doing terrible in a scene, that usually means that you're not listening because you're too preoccupied with yourself... you're not listening to your scene partner. If you listen, you're naturally going to get that response that the camera's going to pick up because you just react.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are very few works of fiction that take you inside the heads of all characters. I tell my writing students that one of the most important questions to ask yourself when you begin writing a story is this: Whose story is it? You need to make a commitment to one or perhaps a few characters.
- Women
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women are taught that if you want to be a lady, keep your opinions to yourself and be polite.
- Saying
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- Nov 07, 2020
You really have to listen to yourself and know if what someone is saying is true for you.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to find the peace and patience within yourself to be a model and an example to others and not judge.
- Far Less
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It's harder to stay where you are than to get out. For everyone but you, that is.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
My advice to new actors is: Don't be lazy. Go after what you desire. Don't heed the commonplace advice that is meant to discourage you. If you want it, go and get it. Be willing to work hard, and be patient. Be kind to yourself.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're playing the character, you could say to yourself in 16 different ways, What if that didn't bother me? What if I knew exactly what he was talking about? What if I didn't get excited?
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Punk is all about doing what you want and being yourself. And that's what rap is too.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020