Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act, and in that action are the seeds of new knowledge.
All I have to say is basically if performing, singing, acting ,and dancing is what you want to do, then you just have to do it - no matter where it is.
If you like quick put-downs and aggressive interactions with the audience, you will probably not enjoy the rambles of an unusual character act making jokes about cats for an hour.
I was thrust into a really lofty, enviable, but isolated position with 'Princess Diaries' in that I could carry a film before I really knew if I could act.
Sometimes the greatest act of love is to walk away, so that the other person can find their true self and direction again.
Accept fate, and move on. Don't yield to the seductive pull of self-pity. Acting like a victim threatens your future.
I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
Photography acts as a teaser, suggesting we can know something that we can never know. And the more we can't obtain it, the more we want it.
My parents know how passionate I've always been about acting. I convinced them this was something that I was going to put my heart and soul into.
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act.
When you listen, it's amazing what you can learn. When you act on what you've learned, it's amazing what you can change.
Acting school was summer camp, and I needed concentration camp. I had so many different ideas swirling between culture and how to tie things together.
Who knows if tonight our journey ends? Who knows if this be last lap? Who knows? Dwell on thoughts * Act! Pray!
I remember sitting in school and thinking, 'I don't know why I'm here, because I know I'm going to act and I know I'm going to America.'
I'm so fortunate in that I've never had another job to pay a bill but acting, since the day I got out of high school.
I think in the immediate days after 9/11, the administration acted very, very well. I liked the decisiveness of it.
But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act.
The whole chameleon thing about acting. That's why I'm moving towards directing - it's a much more healthy occupation.
As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.
I'm always a people watcher. They always had us do that at the University of Connecticut where I went for my training. I got my B.F.A. in Acting there.
