"I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well."

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"I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well."

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"Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night."

William Blake, English Poet

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"It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego."

bell hooks, American Critic

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"An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause."

John Updike, American Novelist

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"Think before you act and act on what you believe."

Bo Bennett, American Businessman

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"The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking."

Georges Clemenceau, French Leader

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"In other words, what is supposedly found is an invention whose inventor is unaware of his act of invention, who considers it as something that exists independently of him; the invention then becomes the basis of his world view and actions."

Paul Watzlawick, Austrian Psychologist

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"I think I can be beautiful with all the little stuff done, and I can be ugly. A lot of attractive actresses can't be ugly."

Ugly

"Being beautiful can be a curse, especially if you want to be an artist and create."

Artist

"I don't make an effort to be sloppy. I just don't consider a perfect hairdo and a perfect face to be beautiful. If I had my way I'd dress myself and do my own makeup for magazine shoots."

Dress

"Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles."

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"Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work."

Success

"The thing is, I want to play real characters and not all girls can be pretty. The thing is, you get these girls who say 'I'm a character actor' then you see them in a role and nothing has really changed but the outfit."

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"The worst thing you can do to a kid is tell them that their dreams are invalid."

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"I don't want to be famous as a movie star and have the whole world love me, I want to be a creative actress."

Love

"I kind of imagine myself at eighty, a cat lady."

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"Fame can be just so annoying because people are so critical of you. You can't just say, 'hi'. You say hi and people whisper' man did you see the way she said hi? What an attitude."

People