“Teller contended, not implausibly, that hydrogen bombs keep the peace, or at least prevent thermonuclear war, because the consequences of warfare between nuclear powers are now too dangerous. We haven't had a nuclear war yet, have we? But all such arguments assume that the nuclear-armed nations are and always will be, without exception, rational actors, and that bouts of anger and revenge and madness will never overtake their leaders (or military and secret police officers in charge of nuclear weapons). In the century of Hitler and Stalin, this seems ingenuous.” WarSeemsActorsNationsSecretLeaderCenturyMilitaryDangerousHavensWeaponsConsequenceArgumentMadnessPoliceAssumingRevengeNuclearRationalBombsExceptionOfficersNuclear WeaponsWarfarePolice OfficerNuclear WarHydrogenNuclear PowerSecret PoliceHydrogen Bomb Author:Carl Sagan
“A couple of clues came my way of what I might be getting myself into when I sat down with a number of actors who had played Richard III in the past. And I was hoping of course, that one of them or all of them were gonna give me the magic key, the secret way in to play Richard III but none of them did that.But every one of them did say the following, "Be careful."” WayGivingPlayMightPastCoursesActorsNumbersSecretMagicKeysCoupleGive MeCarefulFollowingMy WaySatBe CarefulClue Author:Kevin Spacey
“One of the secrets of being a great photographic model, as it is for a great film actor, is that you let the camera in. It's an intimacy that the model or actor creates with the lens, that then transmits itself to the viewer.” FilmActorsSecretModelsCamerasIntimacyViewersLensesTransmitGreat FilmFilm Actors Author:Mary Harron
“I think the secret of great acting is that you have to bring your imagination to the party. You have to have a great imagination and you have to bring it every day when you're working. Your imagination and your skills as an actor are what see you through, not what you're wearing or where you are.” ThinkingActorsImaginationPartyActingSecretSkillsWhere You AreGreat Imagination Author:Steven Spielberg
“The secret to longevity in the music business is to change, and to be able to change. [...] An actor has to assume other people's identities. A rock star doesn't need to do that. [...] But change is important.” PeopleNeedsImportantAbleActorsStarsSecretRocksIdentityAssumingLongevityRock StarMusic Business Author:Nick Cave
“There are street artists. Street musicians. Street actors. But there are no street physicists. A little known secret is that a physicist is one of the most employable people in the marketplace - a physicist is a trained problem solver.” PeopleLittlesProblemArtistActorsSecretKnownStreetsMusicianPhysicistMarketplaceProblem Solvers Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The secrets that the characters hold are held back from the audience, and that's such a delight to hold onto. When you're playing scenes, it gives you an inner dialogue that allows you to really immerse yourself as the actor, in every scene that you're playing. Nothing felt expositional. Nothing felt like we were just doing it to move the story along. There was a reason these characters were saying what they're saying. It was a gift, really.” GivingReasonCharacterStoriesMovingActorsFeltSecretAudienceSceneDelightDialogue Author:Tom Hughes
“The secret of every durable ... social system is the recasting of 'functional prerequisites' into behavioral motives for actors.” ActorsSocialSecretMotivePrerequisitesSocial Systems Book:Does Ethics Have a Chance in a World of Consumers? Source: Does Ethics Have a Chance in a World of Consumers?
“As an actor, I was taught, from an early age, that secrets are the most powerful thing that you can have on screen, and that what you withhold is as important as what you share.” ImportantAgeActorsPowerfulSecretShareTaughtScreensMost Powerful Author:Rose McIver
“I think movies say a lot [about real life], even more than theater. It says a lot about the invisible, that movies are so fascinating. The camera lens is like a microscope that goes beyond the surface. It's like you're exploring a secret, so you explore the director's secret, you explore the actor's secret, and therefore you explore the universe's secrets.” ThinkingRealUniverseActorsSecretLike YouDirectorsTheaterCamerasSurfaceReal LifeInvisibleFascinatingExploringLensesMicroscopesCamera Lenses Author:Isabelle Huppert
“With a screenwriter and with the actors there is always an environment of trust. You can say anything, all your secrets, and you know that it won't get out of that room.” KnowsActorsRoomsSecretEnvironmentSay AnythingScreenwriters Author:Deniz Gamze Erguven