Raul Esparza famous quotes

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  • If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.

  • Tell me not here, it needs not saying, What tune the enchantress plays In aftermaths of soft September Or under blanching mays, For she and I were long acquainted And I knew all her ways.

  • Poetry is a way for me to explore a tingly feeling, to let it play itself out, and also to map it. I feel like I'm making little star maps when I write poems.

  • For me, filmmaking combines everything. That's the reason I've made cinema my life's work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.

  • Scottish Theatre's greatest success story of recent times.

  • Much of the day I have busied myself making notes on the small parts in Shakespeare, often nameless, which are rewarding to the actor if only he'll not dismiss them as beneath his dignity. If I can work it up into a talk I might call it, 'Only a cough and a spit ' -the phrase so often used by actors to explain away a lack of opportunity.

  • Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

  • When Proust urges us to evaluate the world properly, he repeatedly reminds us of the value of modest scenes.

  • In every relationship, sooner or later, there is a court scene. Accusations, counter-accusations, a trial, a verdict.

  • Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised.