“I would never assume to tell another actor how to do his job!” JobsActorsAssumingNever Assume Author:Joseph Morgan
“Often in America people would assume that [as an English actor] you've had some sort of deep, classical training, or that you're a Shakespeare enthusiast. I have zero interest in me performing Shakespeare.” PeopleAmericaActorsInterestTrainingAssumingPerformingZero Author:Bill Nighy
“It is with some violation of the imagination that we conceive of an actor belonging to the relations of private life, so closely do we identify these persons in our mind with the characters which they assume upon the stage.” MindPersonsCharacterActorsImaginationStageRelationAssumingBelongingPrivate LifeViolation Author:Charles Lamb
“Teller contended, not implausibly, that hydrogen bombs keep the peace, or at least prevent thermonuclear war, because the consequences of warfare between nuclear powers are now too dangerous. We haven't had a nuclear war yet, have we? But all such arguments assume that the nuclear-armed nations are and always will be, without exception, rational actors, and that bouts of anger and revenge and madness will never overtake their leaders (or military and secret police officers in charge of nuclear weapons). In the century of Hitler and Stalin, this seems ingenuous.” WarSeemsActorsNationsSecretLeaderCenturyMilitaryDangerousHavensWeaponsConsequenceArgumentMadnessPoliceAssumingRevengeNuclearRationalBombsExceptionOfficersNuclear WeaponsWarfarePolice OfficerNuclear WarHydrogenNuclear PowerSecret PoliceHydrogen Bomb Author:Carl Sagan
“I live in Minnesota. Lots of people assume that if you want to be an actor, you have to live in Hollywood, but not me.” PeopleIfsWantActorsHollywoodAssumingMinnesota Author:Chris Massoglia
“The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the same effortless dexterity with which the violinist makes music on his. Just because he doesn't look like a violin is no reason to assume his techniques should be thought of as less difficult.” KnowsShouldLooksReasonPlayCharacterActorsDifficultInstrumentsAssumingTechniqueNo ReasonViolinEffortlessViolinistDexterity Book:Challenge For The Actor Source: Challenge For The Actor
“Men still assume I must be like the girl I played in 'Emmanuelle.' John Wayne was never accused of killing people during his free time, but I'm forever stuck with the image of 'Emmanuelle.' The truth is, I should have got an Oscar for that role because I'm nothing like that woman.” PeopleMenShouldStillsGirlActorsRolesForeverTruth IsShould HaveAssumingKillingStuckOscarsAccusedWayneFree Time Author:Sylvia Kristel
“I think our culture has gotten so skewed. People assume that because you're an actor you want to write a book to exploit your celebrity, but my celebrity is only a byproduct of me making movies. I have no intention of being a celebrity.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingBookCultureActorsAssumingIntentionExploits Author:Jonah Hill