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Quotes by Spanish Authors
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working."
"The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it."
"I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to."
"There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it."
"But don't call me an actor. I'm just a worker. I am an entertainer. Don't say that what I am doing is art."
"Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be."
"To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth."
"The art of interpretation is not to play what is written."
"People love coming on television, even if they have to show their miseries."
"Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion."
"I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested."
"I have tamed men of iron in my day, shall I not easily crush these men of butter?"
"When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture."
"And finally I begin to have such a success in my examinations that I found myself in a career you see."
"What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it."
"For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses."
"Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun."
"You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea."
"When you're drawing comics, you get very involved in how the story is going to develop and you spend more time daydreaming on that particular subject."
"If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, it doesn't matter. The camera always sees it."
"There are many applications for which film is going to be better, for a very long time."
"The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities."
"What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist."
"My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders."
"Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art."
"The sad events that occur in my life are the sad events that happen to everybody, with losing friends and family, but that is a natural occurrence, as natural as being born."
"Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on, each judged with each other, like your work is worse than others and that's not fair. How can you tell what's best and what's worst from these awards? We're talking about art."
"Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance."
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