“It takes so long to write a script, thinking to yourself, "Am I wasting my time? Am I putting everything into this thing that maybe just won't ever exist?" I always think, God, acting is so much easier. At least for acting you have the source material already.” ThinkingWritingLongActingMaterialsSourceEasierScriptsMy TimeWasting My Time Author:Jason Schwartzman
“Wooden-headedness, the source of self-deception, is a factor that plays a remarkably large role in government. It consists in assessing a situation in terms of preconceived fixed notions while ignoring or rejecting any contrary signs. It is acting according to wish while not allowing oneself to be deflected by the facts.” ThinkingSelfPlayFactsGovernmentWishTermActingSituationRolesSourceNotionOneselfContraryFactorsDeceptionFixedAllowingSelf DeceptionWishful ThinkingRejectingAssessing Book:The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam Source: The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
“Acting is not a lofty performance; it is simply the source of becoming and existing transparently. Acting, I find, is the art of frothing to the surface every raw and honest emotion. The moment an actor pretends, he loses his audience forever” ArtMomentsActorsLosesActingEmotionAudienceForeverHonestSourceBecomingPerformancesSurfaceLofty Author:Masiela Lusha
“We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us, but we're presumably acting in such a way that people feel morally compelled to continue our mission, not to screw it up.” PeopleWayFeelsShouldWould BeActingSituationSourceMissionsScrewsCompelledTrickyDissidents Author:Julian Assange
“The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires. When you're acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.” GivingPlayActingSourceMachinesCamerasWireGiving Back Author:Al Pacino
“Don't depend on acting as your sole source of income. Work nights, so you can have your days off to attend auditions. Have something to fall back on. That's what my mother taught me, and it's critical in Hollywood.” MotherNightFallActingTaughtSourceDependsHollywoodCriticalIncomeSoleAuditionsFall BackDays Off Author:Michael Clarke Duncan
“Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can't portray when you're acting. And music moves your soul, so music is the source of the most intense emotions you can feel. When you hear a song and you're acting it's incredible. But when you're singing a song and you're acting it's even more incredible.” WayFeelsSoulSometimesMovingSongActingEmotionSourceMusic IsSingingIncrediblesIntenseYour SoulAmandaIntense Emotions Author:Amanda Seyfried
“I wanted to go to acting school, and I did a few modeling jobs to pay for acting school. I never aspired to be a model. I met lots of photographers, and I learned a lot about light - as a source of love and illumination, light as a gift of love. On film, that's a massive contribution.” LightWantedSchoolJobsFilmPayActingSourceMetsModelsPhotographerContributionMassiveModelingIlluminationGift Of Love Author:Jacqueline Bisset