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Michael Shanks

"It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him."

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"It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him."

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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."

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"Failures make character, not success."

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"Trials makes you to develop the qualities of a successful man."

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"When a foundation is built following sound structural principles, with solid, high-quality materials, anything that is layered on top is more secure, durable, and resilient. Your integrity works the same way."

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"Three essential virtues are patient, loyalty and kindness."

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Asa Don Brown

"Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility."

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"Fruits of the spirit in the man attract others to him."

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"Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more compassionate than others, fairer than others!"

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Asa Don Brown

"If you treat yourself well, you will be good to others."

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"Strive to be a person of character not a person of power."

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"The environment on set is very encouraging."
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"I think the writing on the wall is definitely there this year that this is probably our last year."
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"So already, you go from not having a job and thinking you're going to get fired after the pilot, to knowing that you've got a guaranteed job for 4 years."
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"In the meantime, I just have to create those realistic goals about the fact that I don't have a ton of options as an actor who's been on a science fiction show for 8 years."
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"I was doing Hamlet in the off-season, and I had a specific idea in my mind about what I wanted that character to look like, and because it's going to lead into the next year, I knew that it was going to have to be established somewhere in the show."
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"For some reason, it popped into my head the notion that a lot of the Next Generation cast in the long run of that show managed to step behind the camera."
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"It's fun to play the character and then watch him later."
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"I think that you can take things personally or get hurt feelings as a result of something not working out just because your psyche said it should or you deserve it, or whatever it is."
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"It was nice, though, to have the long term benefit to be able to pare away those things and eventually make the character my own and put my own unique stamp."
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"I've always found ways to bend the rules."
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