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"I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it."
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"To act is to anchor in the imminent future."
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"The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react."
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"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself."
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"I actually find it harder to act in the scenes where there's not much happening, say having a milkshake in the diner. That is far harder to do than straight scenes where there's a drama going on and you have something to do."
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"It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over."
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"We're building on an international network with many others for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are so many things we can do to carry forward policies."
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"The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection."
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"It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning."
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"Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk."
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"Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job."
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"Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump."
Work
"I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other."
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"It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done."
Shakespeare
"It actually was a complete departure having a woman playing M. I didn't realize at the time that it would be so noticed."
Time
"I work out the other bits, too, but I need to know what I look like, very early on. And then it's like a template; I'll fill that person out. If I get that out of the way, then I'm all right."
Work
"Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you to put in the amount. It's up to the director to nag you until you get it right."
Right
"Michael died five years ago this January, and the first thing that really struck me about the script was the part about her peeling off from the funeral and just getting into a rowboat and having a real kind of cry where nobody was."
First
"People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't."
People
"Since Michael died I think I've worked constantly. Friends and colleagues are very sustaining. They're the people who get you through it... It's no good to be on your own."
People
"And then it was working with Bob Hoskins, who I had never worked with before - except radio. It was like being given a wonderful meal - full of the things you love most."
Love
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