"It is very difficult for girls. They're told to look one way, but to act another way."

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"It is very difficult for girls. They're told to look one way, but to act another way."

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"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

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"It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

Act, Mystery, Self

"Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job."

Christopher Durang, American Playwright

Act, Acting, Job, Resentment

"Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good."

Pythagoras, Greek Mathematician

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"I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

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"One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses."

Henry Miller, American Author

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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

Act, Desire, Man, World

"I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks."

Janet Flanner, American Journalist

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"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."

William James, American Philosopher

Act, Difference, Will

"It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment."

Honore De Balzac, French Novelist

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"Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man."

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"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself."

"It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over."

"Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job."

"Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good."

"I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful."

"One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses."

"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."

"I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks."

"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."

"It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment."

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"I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind."

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"When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them."

"I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work."

"As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line."

"I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star."

"Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man."

"I'm an actor, that's my contribution."

"I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy."

"I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people."