“I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that?” MadeBodyPainMillionsDollars Author:Tyra Banks
“What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die - that's that.” PeopleDiesFallBitsStreetsIraqShocking Author:Laura Linney
“I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.” WritingCharacterUsedActorsLanguageWonderfulIntentionRhythmCluePlaywrightPunctuationCadence Author:Laura Linney
“I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.” IfsBelieveMatterHelpingProblemI BelieveStuffCommunicationDisciplineTheaterNo Matter WhatProblem SolvingBasics Author:Laura Linney
“I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word.” ThinkingWayRememberUsedCancerSentencesGrandmotherMy GrandmotherDeath Sentence Author:Laura Linney
“My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll be the intelligent-but-wounded group and then the period things. It goes in sequence.” GroupsPeriodsIntelligentLawyerCopPhasesWoundedCastingSequenceIcy Author:Laura Linney
“With big, emotional roles it's very easy, especially if you've grown up in the American school of acting, to exploit your own pain. You have to be careful about that, because 9 times out of 10, your pain is not appropriate to the character.” IfsCharacterBigsSchoolPainEasyActingRolesEmotionalCarefulAppropriateBe CarefulExploits Author:Laura Linney
“The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I don't mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well.” PeopleWellsKindMeanArtTwoFactsSeemsMagicBad ThingsMaintainingGood Art Author:Charles de Lint
“Journalists told me that a talk show wouldn't work. Some told me I was going to get canceled before my first season was up.” FirstsShowsSeasonsJournalistTalk Shows Author:Tyra Banks
“Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind.” MindFirstsHeartWallColdMusicianStonesIronWitchHeart And MindCold HeartStone Walls Author:Charles de Lint
