“Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me. I am who I am, doing what I came to do, acting upon you like a drug or a chisel to remind you of your me-ness, as I discover you in myself.” UsedActingAcceptingDrugWho I AmOver YouDiminishI Am Who I AmChisels Book:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“When I started acting in the film industry when I was 16 years old, in 1980, I was going to all the revival theaters in Los Angeles. They were playing mostly films from the '60s and '70s, some from the early '20s and '30s, before that Hays commission. Those films did question things a lot, and there definitely was a switch in 1934. You can see very distinctly in 1934, it's harder to understand what the real culture was. Films made before 1934, you can really kind of see the racism, sexism, drug use, etc. that was going on at that time. And then it was all stopped.” YearsKindMadeRealUseFilmCultureActingIndustryDrugRacismHarderTheaterEtcLos AngelesSexismRevivalFilm IndustryHayDrug UseEarly 20s Author:Crispin Glover
“My acting coach breaks down what happens to people's bodies when they do drugs. She breaks down what happens physiologically to you.” PeopleBodyHappensActingBreakDrugCoachesBreaking Down Author:Eva Mendes
“I just think it's really funny and entertaining. I mean, I don't necessarily take them really seriously - I don't even think a lot of really good films get seen. But I don't think that's what it's about. I mean, how amazing was Ellen Burstyn in Requiem For A Dream ? Especially as she was acting with herself most of the time. I don't understand how a performance like that can't win. I was so affected by that movie that I had to turn it off. I felt as if I was on drugs and my heart was about to leap out of my body.” IfsThinkingHeartMeanDreamBodyFilmTurnsActorsWinningFeltActingMy HeartDrugPerformancesMovieAffectedLeapEntertainingCan't WinGood FilmsRequiemRequiem For A Dream Author:Liv Tyler
“I had no real direction at all in my 20's and so I did what a lot of people without direction do: I took an acting class. In one of those first days of the class, I did this weird, silly improv, and it got laughs. It was such a blissful moment. I've never gotten over that love of hearing laughter. As a people pleaser, it's the drug of choice for me.” PeopleFirstsRealMomentsChoicesActingClassLaughingDrugLaughterHearingSillyActing ClassesPleasers Author:Ty Burrell
“Cancer vaccines are in the future. And they could be very effective. Checkpoint blockade, which is acting your immune system to recognize those cancer cells and kill them is another very promising approach and there have been some checkpoint blockade drugs out in the market now that will release the brake on T lymphocytes, the T lymphocyte is your major killer of tumor cells.” Has BeensActingDrugApproachMajorsCancerReleaseCellsKillersImmuneVaccinesImmune SystemBrakeTumorsBlockadesCheckpoints Author:Laurie Glimcher
“Actors are always a little high at work. Acting is their drug. So when you put the brakes on, they're naturally a little disappointed.” LittlesActorsActingDrugDisappointedBrake Author:Michelangelo Antonioni