“My wife was an opera singer, you know. She bellowed her way through Wagner as a Valkyrie. I married her and made her give up the theatre, to my eternal cost. She was to go on acting for myself alone. A performance at his own expense, lasting for more than twenty years, tends to wear out your spectator.” KnowsWayGivingYearsMadeActingWifeGoes OnCostGiving UpEternalMarriedPerformancesTwentiesMy WifeTheatreSingersLastingExpensesOperaSpectatorsWagnerOpera Singers Book:The Waltz of the Toreadors Source: The Waltz of the Toreadors
“I think everyone's going to really try to keep costs down. The more you keep costs down, the more freedom you have creatively. I can protect my filmmakers from any form of creative interference, be it from anywhere, if we're all acting in a responsible way and making the pain of a failure be as little as possible.” IfsThinkingWayTryingLittlesI CanPainFormActingCreativeCostProtectResponsibleFilmmakerInterference Author:Eric Fellner
“We only gain collectively by acting now. We gain by one day not having to pay a thing for fuel. We gain by having cleaner air, water, and food so that we are healthier and our health care costs come down. We gain by deflating the global fossil fuel markets that drive much of the conflict around the world.” WorldCareWaterPayActingAirOne DayCostConflictGainsAround The WorldHealth CareFuelFossilsFossil FuelCleanersHealth Care CostsActing Now Author:Mark Ruffalo
“I started acting at seven years old. It took me 20 years to understand that if I was going to make my dreams a reality, I had to take the reigns. I had to learn something about being productive and being self what's the word I'm looking for? Self-sufficient, but I had to be productive at all costs and I had to make product.” IfsYearsSelfDreamRealityActingProductsCostSevenSufficientProductiveReignSeven YearsSelf Sufficient Author:Vin Diesel