April Parker Jones famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Being able to channel my creativity, emotions and experience through a character was and is freedom for me.
-- April Parker Jones

#Creativity #Character #Able
I knew that I wanted to pursue acting as a profession during my sophomore year of college. One of my Professors (Karen Deacons-Brock) at N.C Central University assigned me to perform a one woman show for my final project and it was then, along with her encouragement, that it was time for me to move to NY in pursuit of a professional acting career.
-- April Parker Jones

#Encouragement #Moving #College
Theater will always be my first love. The time and dedication that goes into the rehearsal process with the cast and crew is something that TV/Movie acting does not offer.
-- April Parker Jones

#First Love #Dedication #Acting

Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in.
Apparently one impression we are making... is that creativeness consists of lightning striking you on the head in one great glorious moment.
Every creative act draws on the past whether it pretends to or not. It draws on what it knows. There's no such thing, really, as a creative act in a vacuum.
Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.
Be more interested in people's character, than their contributions.
What is the subject matter of this apparently very personal world? It has been suggested that these shapes and images are underworld characters, the inhabitants of the vast common realm of memories that have gone down below the level of conscious control. It may be they are. The degree of emotional involvement and the amount of free association with the material being photographed would point in that direction.
If I get an idea for a series that I really like, I'm sure I won't be able to resist coming back and doing it.
I knew that even if I was able to call for help, I was in a place so remote that it wasn't likely there would be anyone who could help me. And even if there were, it could take weeks.
I need to be able to explain myself in context.
Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.

April Parker Jones famous quotes

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