“Reason's biological function is to preserve and promote life and to postpone its extinction as long as possible. Thinking and acting are not contrary to nature; they are, rather, the foremost features of man's nature. The most appropriate description of man as differentiated from nonhuman beings is: a being purposively struggling against the forces adverse to his life.” ThinkingMenLongReasonForceActingStruggleFunctionContraryPreservesFeaturesAppropriateDescriptionExtinctionAdverse Book:Human action: a treatise on economics Source: Human action: a treatise on economics
“The function of the actor is to make the audience imagine for the moment that real things are happening to real people.” PeopleRealMomentsActorsActingAudienceImagineHappeningsFunctionReal Things Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Comedy today is not what it was years ago. It's always changing, in particular to female comics. No longer are certain subjects considered to be a male preserve. Women can talk about sexuality and their bodily functions and it can be very, very entertaining. It's changed the impact of comedy acting.” YearsTodayCertainActingComedySubjectsChangedParticularFemaleYears AgoFunctionImpactMalesSexualityPreservesEntertainingBodily Functions Author:Patrick Stewart
“There is a universal element in man which he can assert by so acting as if the purpose of the Universe were also his purpose. It is the function of the supreme ordeals of life to develop in men this power, to give to their life this distinction, this height of dignity, these vast horizons.” IfsMenGivingPurposeUniverseActingElementsDignityUniversalFunctionSupremeHeightDistinctionHorizonOrdealsActing As If Book:Life and destiny Source: Life and destiny
“If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven't the patience for them. It's maybe shallow, but that's why I'll never be part of the acting set.” IfsHomeAbleActorsActingHavensFunctionMy TimeComing HomeCowsShallow Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Life never stops. The torment of men will be eternal, unless the function of creating and acting and changing, living intensely through each day, be considered an eternal joy.” MenJoyActingEternalCreatingFunctionEach DayTorment Author:Le Corbusier
“Being yourself; not acting. You therefore can function near your own level of competence. Satisfy you own expectations rather than those of others.” LevelsActingExpectationsFunctionBeing YourselfCompetence Author:John Wooden
“I couldn't function if I weren't allowed to stretch and do really different characters where I can change the whole "beingness" of that person. That's my pleasure in acting and has been since I was a kid. That's always been my pleasure to create complete characters.” IfsPersonsHas BeensI CanDifferentWholeCharacterKidsPleasureActingFunctionDifferent Characters Author:John Travolta
“I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it as something mercurial that required all the right conditions, but now I know that even if I don't get any sleep, I can still work, I can power through. The stars don't have to be perfectly aligned for me to do a good job.” IfsThinkingKnowsStillsI CanJobsStarsSleepActingConditionsBalanceFunctionTendenciesGood JobCrave Author:Laura Regan
“Well, when people talk about interrogating terrorists, they're acting like this is some sort of law enforcement function. Law enforcement is about gathering evidence to take someone to trial, and convict them. Anti-terrorism is about finding out information to prevent a future attack so the same tactics do not apply.” PeopleWellsLawActingInformationFindingsEvidenceFunctionTerrorismTerroristTrialsLaw EnforcementEnforcementGatheringTacticsConvictsAnti Terrorism Author:Marco Rubio
“Theatre, in which actors take on changing roles, has among its many functions the examination of identity. For the individual, theatre is a kind of identity laboratory in which social roles can be examined vicariously.” KindActorsIndividualSocialActingRolesIdentityFunctionTheatreExaminationLaboratorySocial Roles Book:Drama, Metadrama and Perception Source: Drama, Metadrama and Perception
“It was an accident, although I've been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child - in school, music, athletics. To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves. To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsKindChildrenSchoolCoursesActorsActingInvolvedFunctionAccidentsMy WayLogicalManifestWay Of ThinkingCradleTheatricalAthleticsNeurosis Author:James Dean