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The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical
William Shenstone
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Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day`s work an achievement for eternity.
Helen Hayes
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I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about. And that`s really it. You know, if I really wanted to enact social change… I have great respect for people who are in the front lines and the ...
Jon Stewart
Keywords: about :: actually :: and :: are :: as :: care :: change… :: comedian :: enact :: for :: front :: great :: has :: have :: if :: in :: it :: jokes :: know :: lines :: myself :: of :: people :: pleasure :: really :: respect :: social :: that :: the :: things :: think :: to :: tre :: wanted :: who :: writing :: youSource: thinkexist.com
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Some actors count their lines as soon as they receive a script. I`m the opposite. I try to see how many lines I can whittle down...You can say just as much in 4 as you can in 14.
Glenn Ford
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Some actors count their lines as soon as they receive a script. I`m the opposite. I try to see how many lines I can whittle down...You can say just as much in 4 as you can in 14.
Glenn Ford
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(on Star Wars) - "I understood the impact of those movies because I had young children who watched them religiously. I saw the Star Wars films so often in my house that I ended up knowing all of the other actors lines."
Harrison Ford
Keywords: actors :: all :: because :: children :: ended :: films :: had :: house :: impact :: in :: knowing :: lines :: movies :: my :: of :: often :: on :: other :: religiously :: saw :: so :: star :: that :: the :: them :: those :: understood :: up :: wars :: watched :: who :: youngSource: imdb.com
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I`m a professional actor. I get the part. I read the script. If I decide to do it, I learn the lines. I have no theory about acting. For me, there is no Method. I just do it.
Donald Pleasence
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To be fair, I must give credit where credit is due. Although Kilmer is clearly no Michael Keaton - except for a few corny lines, which are mainly the writers` fault, and a slight lacking when it comes to the portrayal of a dark side - he did a much better...
Kevin Conroy
Keywords: although :: and :: are :: be :: better :: clearly :: comes :: corny :: credit :: dark :: did :: due :: except :: fair :: fault :: few :: for :: give :: he :: is :: it :: job :: keaton :: kilmer :: lacking :: lines :: mainly :: michael :: much :: must :: no :: of :: portrayal :: side :: slight :: than :: the :: to :: when :: where :: which :: writersSource: imdb.com
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Bing Crosby and I weren`t the types to go around kissing each other. We always had a light jab for each other. One of our stock lines used to be "There`s nothing I wouldn`t do for Bing, and there`s nothing he wouldn`t do for me. And that`s the way we go t...
Bob Hope
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If you can come in, say your lines brilliantly, and be thinking `What`s for lunch?` the whole time you`re doing it and it works for the audience, who cares?
Joaquin Phoenix
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To go on about acting as art is ridiculous. If it is an art, then it`s a very low form. You don`t have to be gifted just to hit a mark and say a line. And as far as I`m concerned, hitting my marks and knowing my lines is 90% of the job. I`m always critici...
Kurt Russell
Keywords: 90 :: about :: acting :: always :: an :: and :: art :: as :: be :: concerned :: criticized :: don :: far :: for :: form :: gifted :: go :: have :: hit :: hitting :: if :: is :: it :: job :: just :: knowing :: line :: lines :: low :: mark :: marks :: my :: of :: on :: ridiculous :: say :: the :: then :: to :: very :: youSource: imdb.com
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[on Rita Hayworth] She was so sweet and hard-working. She asked me to watch her work out her dance routines and go over her lines with her. I`d tell her little things and she`d whisper, "Don`t tell the director, please." She was so modest and affectionate...
Edward Horton
Keywords: affectionate :: and :: asked :: dance :: director :: don :: go :: hard :: hayworth :: her :: lines :: little :: me :: modest :: on :: out :: over :: please :: rita :: routines :: she :: so :: sweet :: tell :: the :: things :: to :: was :: watch :: whisper :: with :: work :: workingSource: imdb.com
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[on her "Angel" (1999) character Fred facing the evil vampire Angelus as played by star David Boreanaz, who ad libbed a lot of his lines:] "I think it`s great; he has so much fun playing that character. It`s a lot of improvisation and taking risks. You ne...
Amy Acker
Keywords: 1999 :: ad :: and :: angel :: angelus :: as :: boreanaz :: by :: character :: david :: evil :: facing :: fred :: fun :: great :: has :: he :: her :: his :: improvisation :: it :: know :: libbed :: lines :: lot :: much :: never :: of :: on :: played :: playing :: risks :: so :: star :: taking :: that :: the :: think :: vampire :: wha :: who :: youSource: imdb.com
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(On performing period-drama dialogue) "I mean, you try to make it as real as possible but when you have lines like `The fallen eagle is Caesar; the vulture Octavius, and there is one, yet to be decided, who will betray them all`. And you`re just like, `Gr...
Emily Blunt
Keywords: all :: am :: and :: as :: be :: betray :: but :: caesar :: decided :: dialogue :: drama :: eagle :: fallen :: great :: have :: how :: is :: it :: just :: like :: lines :: make :: mean :: octavius :: on :: one :: performing :: period :: possible :: re :: real :: the :: them :: there :: to :: try :: vulture :: when :: who :: will :: yet :: youSource: imdb.com
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On working with Robin Williams and Billy Crystal: "These guys are hilarious. You go in to work with the lines memorized, and the second you get out there it`s like - Oops, there goes the script! They`re rewriting it, improvising on the spot and I have to ...
Charlie Hofheimer
Keywords: and :: are :: billy :: crystal :: get :: go :: goes :: guys :: have :: hilarious :: improvise :: improvising :: in :: it :: like :: lines :: memorized :: on :: oops :: out :: re :: rewriting :: robin :: script :: second :: spot :: the :: there :: these :: they :: to :: williams :: with :: work :: working :: youSource: imdb.com
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I didn`t decide to be a writer. I wanted to be an actor and I turned out to be very bland, so I would always get cast as a character from Twelefth Night called Fabian, who hides behind the hedge and doesn`t have any funny lines. So I decided I would have ...
Richard Curtis
Keywords: actor :: always :: an :: and :: any :: as :: be :: behind :: bland :: called :: cast :: character :: decide :: decided :: didn :: doesn :: fabian :: from :: funny :: get :: have :: hedge :: hides :: lines :: night :: out :: so :: the :: to :: turned :: twelefth :: very :: wanted :: who :: would :: writerSource: imdb.com
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I don`t go to work to have fun. I turn up, say my lines, collect my check, and then go home to my wife and kid. I ain`t there to stick around and laugh and cut up with people, and I ain`t there to giggle and play jokes and pull people`s underwear down and...
Thomas Jane
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Writing is where the real center of my integrity lies. I never write for money. I only act for money, but not invariably of course. I would never write certain sentences that I say in films, or even that I write in films, because I often fix up my lines.
Robert Shaw
Keywords: act :: because :: but :: center :: certain :: course :: even :: films :: fix :: for :: in :: integrity :: invariably :: is :: lies :: lines :: money :: my :: never :: not :: of :: often :: only :: or :: real :: say :: sentences :: that :: the :: up :: where :: would :: write :: writingSource: imdb.com
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I`ve never worked harder in my life! Fifteen-hour days, going home and having four more hours of work studying lines for the next day. Always having to be on. I said to someone recently, "I feel like it is my wedding day every day."
Jamie Luner
Keywords: always :: and :: be :: day :: days :: every :: feel :: fifteen :: for :: four :: going :: harder :: having :: home :: hour :: hours :: in :: is :: it :: life :: like :: lines :: more :: my :: never :: next :: of :: on :: recently :: said :: someone :: studying :: the :: to :: ve :: wedding :: work :: workedSource: imdb.com
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It`s not enough for me to just be a personality and go up there and say lines nicely. I want to tell a story with a character.
Alan Arkin
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In fifth grade I was Templeton the Rat in a production of `Charlotte`s Web`. I remember I had a friend who worked in a doughnut shop. I`d go in, get a doughnut and sit there with my script, going over the lines and making notes in the margin. I was seriou...
Don Cheadle
Keywords: and :: charlotte :: doughnut :: fifth :: friend :: get :: go :: going :: grade :: had :: in :: lines :: making :: margin :: my :: notes :: of :: over :: production :: rat :: remember :: script :: serious :: shop :: sit :: templeton :: the :: there :: was :: web :: who :: with :: workedSource: imdb.com
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[Working with Alan Alda] If I wanted a sermon I`d go to church. He just wouldn`t quit. He just kept adding more speeches and more moralistic stuff. After he got famous, he got really pompous. He started thinking he was speaking God`s words - not the lines...
Jamie Farr
Keywords: adding :: after :: alan :: alda :: and :: church :: famous :: go :: god :: got :: he :: if :: in :: just :: kept :: lines :: moralistic :: more :: not :: pompous :: quit :: really :: sermon :: speaking :: speeches :: started :: stuff :: the :: thinking :: to :: wanted :: was :: with :: words :: working :: wouldnSource: imdb.com
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Yes, sometimes people get irritated, starting with my brother Luke in BR. He would get pissed at me, like, `Why don`t you just say the lines that you wrote?` - on whether or not his improvisational skills bother fellow actors
Owen Wilson
Keywords: actors :: at :: bother :: br :: brother :: don :: fellow :: get :: he :: his :: improvisational :: in :: irritated :: just :: like :: lines :: luke :: me :: my :: not :: on :: or :: people :: pissed :: say :: skills :: sometimes :: starting :: that :: the :: whether :: why :: with :: would :: wrote :: yes :: youSource: imdb.com
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Good dialogue simply isn`t enough to explain all the infinite gradations of a character. It`s behavior -- it`s what`s going on behind the lines.
Montgomery Clift
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I have plenty of pet hates. I can`t stand people scraping their plate or slurping their soup. I can`t stand waiting in lines. I hate people talking inanely about the Lord Of The Rings. I hate people whistling. But I`m not like this because I`m famous. I`v...
Ricky Gervais
Keywords: about :: alwa :: because :: but :: can :: famous :: hate :: hates :: have :: in :: inanely :: like :: lines :: lord :: not :: of :: or :: people :: pet :: plate :: plenty :: rings :: scraping :: slurping :: soup :: stand :: talking :: the :: their :: this :: ve :: waiting :: whistlingSource: imdb.com
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A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills, no, no. They`d make a weapon that makes you feel bad for a while.
About comic lines written by Mark Shaiman being removed for innuendo (i.e. Chip `n Dale are both strip...
Robin Williams
Keywords: about :: are :: bad :: being :: bomb :: both :: by :: chip :: comic :: dale :: feel :: for :: innuendo :: kills :: lines :: make :: makes :: mark :: never :: no :: nuclear :: removed :: shaiman :: strippers :: that :: the :: they :: we :: weapon :: while :: woman :: would :: written :: youSource: imdb.com
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I`m often given parts that aren`t as big as they are colorful, but people remember them. When it`s a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you`re given. I can make two lines seem like `Hamlet`.
Denholm Elliott
Keywords: are :: aren :: as :: big :: but :: can :: colorful :: given :: hamlet :: it :: learn :: like :: lines :: make :: minor :: most :: of :: often :: or :: parts :: people :: re :: remember :: role :: seem :: supporting :: that :: the :: them :: they :: to :: two :: what :: when :: youSource: imdb.com
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The top question I always get is, "What was it like to kiss Jonathan Rhys Meyers, you lucky cow?" What can I say? He was great to kiss. Good lips. It was embarrassing, actually. The first time we had that kissing scene, I actually forgot my lines, I got s...
Parminder Nagra
Keywords: actually :: always :: can :: cow :: embarrassing :: first :: forgot :: get :: good :: got :: great :: had :: he :: in :: is :: it :: jonathan :: kiss :: kissing :: like :: lines :: lips :: lost :: lucky :: meyers :: my :: question :: rhys :: say :: scene :: so :: that :: the :: time :: to :: top :: was :: we :: what :: youSource: imdb.com
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Females get hired along procreative lines. After 40, we`re kind of cooked.
Carrie Fisher
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All I know is, I don`t do a lot of analysis. I know those words have to move me. I rely on the author. I don`t want actors reasoning with me about "motivation" and all that bull. All I want `em to do is learn the goddamn lines and don`t bump into each oth...
Jason Robards
Keywords: about :: actors :: all :: analysis :: and :: author :: bull :: bump :: do :: don :: each :: em :: goddamn :: have :: into :: is :: know :: learn :: lines :: lot :: me :: motivation :: move :: of :: on :: other :: reasoning :: rely :: that :: the :: those :: to :: want :: with :: wordsSource: imdb.com
