We must trust that what we're doing has a purpose. We must realize that we're not here to make kids conform or perform, but that we're here to help them to develop their own unique skills and talents, not the ones we want them to have or the ones we ...
Test your talents, pursue your passions, and let those experiences lead you to a sure sense of who you are. Build a strong core for yourself so that almost nothing and no one can shake you from that foundation. Don't be afraid to know what you want a...
You are a bit like that painting, Minnow. Remember how lovingly and carefully formed you are. Your thoughts, your talents, your memories, your mistakes.... they all make the complete canvas of you. Even though others may mistake your worth, you must ...
I find writing for children much easier. I don't mean it's less demanding - you've got to have a talent for it and you've got to work very hard - but you don't have to pull your guts out and lay them on the line in quite the same way as when you're w...
When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went to work with him. I had a talent for knocking over paint and painting myself into corners. I also realized fairly quickly that painting bor...
I am flattered that they think that many people would enjoy my work. I don't approach any genre a different way than I may approach another one. I treat every role I do like a role worthy of applying whatever kind of tactic, process and talent I have...
In the language of an actor, to know is synonymous with to feel
As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.
I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors.
'The Wicker Man' for me, as an actor, was definitely the best film I've ever done.
If you talk to any actor, they'll tell you that working is the best thing.
I say I'm the best actor in America who's never done a movie.
I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it.
The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
'Twin Peaks' was the best job I ever had as an actor.
I think actors become jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none.
I started to act in highschool and became a professional actor at 19.
As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds.
I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent.
We've had no problems with the actors, but we keep a really loose set.
