“There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to 'mean' horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid.” IfsFirstsKindMeanFearPresidentActingBearsGunHorseAll KindsFighterNot AfraidBetter LifeGrizzliesGrizzly BearsActing As If Book:Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“Playing with guns you revert to a little boy sometimes. But they're not great things to play with, so it's just making them look real. When it comes to shooting guns or using any prop, you've got to make it look like you know what you're doing with them. It's called acting.” KnowsLooksLittlesRealSometimesPlayActingBoysLike YouGunGreat ThingsShootingLittle BoysPropsShooting Guns Author:Ray Winstone
“In 22 years of acting, I've only done two movies where I, personally, kill people. The Coens called me the Spanish Ballerina on (the No Country For Old Men) set, because every time I had the gun, when they called cut, I'd give it back and say, 'Take this s**t out of my hands!' There were laughing, like they couldn't believe I was supposed to be the villain.” PeopleMenGivingYearsBelieveTwoCountryDoneHandsActingLaughingCuttingGunSupposed To BeOld ManVillainBallerina Author:Javier Bardem
“I think I'm good with actors. I like directing actors. I also like to show up and just do an acting gig. Where I'm just a hired gun, I don't have to have an opinion on anything.I never got involved in all this stuff because I wanted to control stuff; I got involved in writing and producing because I wasn't getting interesting acting gigs. In a way I'm grateful that I didn't get interesting roles, because it made me pull my finger out and do some work.” ThinkingWayWritingMadeShowsWantedActorsStuffInterestingActingOpinionRolesInvolvedGunGratefulFingersGigsDirecting Actors Author:Steve Coogan
“When people say things like "don't let this moment pass without acting on gun control," what they're really saying is our arguments are so unpersuasive that they can only succeed when people aren't thinking clearly.” PeopleThinkingMomentsActingSucceedGunArgumentGun ControlThinking Clearly Author:Glenn Reynolds
“I ride really well and I shoot a gun really well. I love the genre. Once I did Westerns, I was hooked. I love them, but there's been very few of them made. I never wanted to play a guy who was acting like a cowboy. I wanted to play someone who had a real life, but was also trapped into situations.” WellsMadeRealPlayWantedGuyActingSituationGunReal LifeGenreTrappedCowboyHooked Author:Lance Henriksen
“I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of guns going off, you know, guns held by white men acting as vigilantes, cops who feel more free to open fire against African Americans.” KnowsMenFeelsWhiteActingFireGunAfrican AmericanCopWhite ManVigilante Author:Allan Nairn
“With acting, if a friend asked me to be in a movie or TV show, there's a lot of things on my résumé I did without reading them or knowing what they were. I just said I'd do that because a friend wrote it, directed, produced, acted in it. With directing, I'm sticking to my guns, not that a lot of people are begging me to direct.” PeopleIfsSaidShowsReadingActingKnowingTvsGunDirectTv ShowsBegging Author:Bob Odenkirk
“The ghost caliphate will be a virtual organization; it'll be decentralised, with no leadership, and it will just encourage people to keep acting now that the caliphate's gone, that individuals should go do self-starting jihad. Get a gun, get an improvised weapon, take your car, and carry out the jihad.” PeopleIndividualActingCarGunGhostJihad Author:Malcolm Wrightson Nance
“I'm sorry, I don't know what any of you want, or why guns and knives are being waved around, or why the girl has just been taken hostage, but everyone seems to be acting like having a TALKING SKELETON in the room is perfectly normal. And you, where are your eyes? How can you see? How come the only people with eyes in this room are me and her?” PeopleKnowsWantSeemsEyeGirlRoomsActingTalkingTakenNormalGunSorryKnivesI'm SorrySkeletonsHostagePerfectly Normal Author:Derek Landy