“Young writers if they are to mature require a period of between three and seven years in which to live down their promise. Promise is like the mediaeval hangman who after settling the noose, pushed his victim off the platform and jumped on his back, his weight acting a drop while his jockeying arms prevented the unfortunate from loosening the rope. When he judged him dead he dropped to the ground.” IfsWritingYearsYoungThreeActingArmsPeriodsPromiseWeightVictimSevenSettlingMatureJudgedPlatformsUnfortunateRopeSeven YearsYoung WritersHangmanNooses Book:Enemies of Promise Source: Enemies of Promise
“I'm an expert in hookers. I'm an expert in doormats. I'm an expert in victims. They were the best parts. And when I woke up--sociologically, politically, and creatively--I could no longer take those parts and look in the mirror.” LooksActorsActingMirrorsVictimExpertsMovieDoormat Author:Shirley MacLaine
“A human being without the proper empathy or feeling is the same as an android built so as to lack it, either by design or mistake. We mean, basically, someone who does not care about the fate which his fellow living creatures fall victim to; he stands detached, a spectator, acting out by his indifference John Donne's theorem that "No man is an island," but giving that theorem a twist: that which is a mental and a moral island is not a man.” MenGivingHumansMeanDoeFeelingsCareFallHuman BeingsActingMistakeMoralFateDesignCreaturesEmpathyBuiltFellowsVictimIndifferenceIslandsTwistsSpectatorsDetachedLiving CreaturesTheoremsAndroidsActing OutDonne Author:Philip K. Dick
“I'm not a victim. And the people who are victims of something, my heart is completely with them. But I'm not. I know I've been treated like a woman in this business [acting]. I mean I've got lots of stories, but they don't have any control over me.” PeopleKnowsHeartMeanStoriesActingMy HeartVictimTreated Author:Kelli O'Hara
“In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as a victim.” WritingLooksI CanSongActingSawsVictimAutobiographyActing OutChuckles Author:Boy George
“The possession targets a vulnerability in each of its victims and amplifies it. Essentially, it removes the self-control and notions of good that keep us from acting out on our darkest impulses.” SelfActingVictimNotionPossessionImpulseVulnerabilityRemoveTargetSelf ControlAmplifyActing Out Author:Brian Pinkerton
“I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.” PeopleWorldKindDifferentGuyActorsSpeakActingRiskVictimAll KindsHatsNot AfraidBad GuysGood GuyAbusers Author:Kevin Bacon
“People were confused by me, and at first I was auditioning a lot for the crazy characters or the victim, someone who'd been attacked. Which is great, because usually those are the best acting roles.” PeopleFirstsCharacterActingRolesCrazyVictimConfusedBest Acting Author:Jessica Chastain
“It seems to me like all these people claim to be the victim, Acting like the whole entire world is out to get them. Stand up on your own, And prove that you are grown, Because the life that you save may be your own.” PeopleWorldMayWholeSeemsActingProveClaimsVictimHip HopRap Author:Lee Majors
“There are really only two ways to approach life - as victim or as gallant fighter - and you must decide if you want to act or react, deal your own cards or play with a stacked deck. And if you don't decide which way to play with life, it always plays with you.” IfsWayWantLifeInspirationalTwoPlayChoicesDecisionDealsActingApproachVictimCardsFighterTwo WaysDeckReactingPower Of ChoiceGallant Author:Merle Shain