“Characters can become boring. That's what's tricky about television. It goes on and on - you're playing this same character for five seasons and it gets easy to fall into just walking on the set and assuming you know how to play a scene.” KnowsPlayCharacterFallEasyKnow HowFiveTelevisionGoes OnWalkingSceneSeasonsAssumingBoringTricky Author:John Slattery
“It is almost impossible for anyone outside this damn beltway to really understand how the Congress works. If you aren't here, walking the halls of Congress, sitting at bars and attending parties where you get to knock back some brews with Hill staffers, you don't have a handle on the almost numbing amount of bullshit that goes on.” IfsPartyImpossibleGoes OnAmountInternetWalkingSittingCongressBarsHandleHillsDamnHallsFree SpeechBullshitAttendingNumbing Author:Brock N. Meeks
“The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition claims that a moderate beer drinker - whatever that means - swallows 11 percent of his dietary protein needs, 12 percent of the carbohydrates, 9 percent of essential phosphorus, 7 percent of his riboflavin, and 5 percent of niacin. Should he go on to immoderate beer drinking, he becomes a walking vitamin pill.” NeedsShouldMeanGoes OnWalkingEssentialsPercentClaimsDrinkingBeerNutritionJournalPillsModeratesProteinVitaminsDrinkersBeer DrinkingClinicalsCarbohydratesBeer DrinkersPhosphorus Book:The Joy of Drinking Source: The Joy of Drinking
“Now, to be properly enjoyed, a walking tour should be gone upon alone.... Freedom is of the essence, because you should be able to stop and go on and follow this way or that as the freak takes you.... There should be no cackle of voices at your elbow to jar on the meditative silence of the morning.” WayShouldAbleVoiceSilenceMorningGoneGoes OnWalkingEssenceEnjoyedFreakJarsElbows Book:Memories, Portraits, Essays and Records (Annotated Edition) Source: Memories, Portraits, Essays and Records (Annotated Edition)
“Guns, double-crosses, hitmen... I can get used to a lot of things, but I'm never going to get used to sleeping where apocalypse bugs mate,” Wednesday said, walking into the room looking around. She dropped her Birkin on the floor and heard something scuttling behind the cheap plastic wood print veneer covered dresser. She turned to face Alvin, her head cocked to the side. “Seriously. I'm not saying five-star... I'm saying go on Expedia and find a place that actually has stars... any stars.” SaidI CanFacesUsedStarsSidesSleepRoomsBehindsFiveHeardGoes OnWalkingGunCrossesWoodsPrintCoveredMatesPlasticApocalypseBugsWednesdayVeneerDressersHitman Author:Dennis Sharp
“At this writing I can't even shut my lower jaw because of inadequate health care. I can't chew my food, I have trouble walking...the list goes on. But more than anything I want to go home. If you follow the laws at the time of my conviction I should have been released already.” IfsWantShouldWritingHas BeensI CanHomeCareLawTroubleGoes OnWalkingShould HaveConvictionListsHealth CareShould Have BeenInadequate Author:Leonard Peltier
“It is always a nice feeling when you are challenged by a scene and you walk out of trailer and you go on set going I don't know. And then half an hour later you're walking back.” KnowsFeelingsHoursWalksHalfNiceGoes OnWalkingSceneNow And ThenTrailersNice Feeling Author:Ewan McGregor
“First time I ever took acid and got really high, as I was walking around I thought "Gee. The world looked like this when I was a little kid." I remember seeing the sparkling reality and three-dimensionality of things. Sort of like a renewal, every time you do it is a renewal, it is a renewal. It keeps your head young. It lets you keep that being able to accept the new thing just as easily as a kid would. Most people get all this stuff in their head like an old library, no room for the new volume to go on the shelves.” PeopleWorldFirstsLittlesRealityKidsAbleRememberYoungThreeStuffRoomsAcceptingSeeingGoes OnWalkingFirst TimeLibraryNew ThingsVolumeShelvesLittle KidRenewalAcidSparkling Author:Owsley Stanley
“I'm very serious about becoming a dramatic actor. I don't want to play cameo parts walking on as Carl Lewis the athlete. I want to go on stage or screen and be taken seriously.” WantPlayActorsTakenStageSeriousGoes OnBecomingWalkingAthleteScreensDramaticCameos Author:Carl Lewis
“Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to go on and do the scene.” KindStillsActorsActingGoes OnWalkingSceneCreaturesRefuseTrailers Author:Liam Neeson