“I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the Battle of Life,-The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died overwhelmed in the strife....The hymn of the low and the humble, the weary, the broken in heart,Who strove and who failed, acting bravely a silent and desperate part.” HeartActingBrokenBattleLowsDiedSilentHumbleDesperateWoundedWearyBeatenStrifeOverwhelmedHymnsBattle Of Life Author:William Wetmore Story
“There's a small percentage of people who can act. There's a small percentage who get to do this for a living. There's a swath of the population that are able to keep a story in their head and fight all the battles against self-consciousness and the surreal unnaturalness of acting in a movie. The technical aspects you can learn fairly quickly.” PeopleSelfStoriesAbleFightingActingConsciousnessBattleAspectPopulationPercentagesSurrealSelf Consciousness Author:Tom Hanks
“Creating a world in a sci-fi show is almost the whole battle. If you have a great story and you can create a great world, as far as the acting goes, it makes my job a whole lot easier.” IfsWorldWholeStoriesShowsJobsActingEasierBattleCreatingSci Fi Author:Thomas Jane
“Usually in a battle sequence when a bomb is going off, you forget you're acting.” ForgetActingBattleBombsSequenceForget You Author:Charlie Sheen
“This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.” LifeMindHumorGivenWaitingDecisionActingCircumstancesBattleEverydayProcrastinationEveryday LifeStop ProcrastinationLive Everyday Author:Omar N. Bradley
“Love the battle between chaos and imagination. Remember: Acting is living truthfully in imaginary circumstances. Remember: Acting is the way to live the greatest number of lives. Remember: Acting is the same as real life, lived intentionally. Never forget: The Fruit is out on the end of the limb. Go there.” WayLifeRealEndsRememberImaginationForgetNumbersActingCircumstancesBattleFruitChaosReal LifeNever ForgetImaginaryLimbsWay To Live Author:Robert Fulghum
“In every well-written play the battle rages between the primary powers of Good and Evil, and it is this battle which constitutes the life impulse of the play, its driving force, and is basic to all plot structures...In any true piece of art...the beginning and the end are, or should be, polar in principle. All the main qualities of the first section should transform themselves into their opposites in the last section.” ShouldFirstsWellsArtEndsPlayLastsEvilForceActingQualityPrinciplesPiecesWrittenBattleOppositesStructureRageDrivingPrimariesImpulseGood And EvilPlotSectionsDriving ForceWell Written Author:Michael Chekhov