"Every scene is a love scene. The actor should ask the question: 'Where is the love?'"

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Source : Michael Shurtleff (2009). “Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part”, p.25, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Michael Shurtleff

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“We are prisoners of our own metaphors, metaphorically speaking...”
“You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.”
“You want to know what makes me tick, I'll tell you what makes me tick. I was a boy growing up in Brooklyn; I read a two-penny magazine called 'The Hawk's Nest.' Nobody entered that nest that didn't leave a little richer and a little wiser. And that 11-year-old boy said, 'Isn't that a wonderful thing.' And that's all there is to it.”
“In one way, I fear all Damascus is a dungeon. Or do you have to live here to appreciate that?”
“We're seeing that God's word and His principles do work. They may not work overnight but they are powerful and when we apply them in the way He shows us to apply them in life then we're going to see positive consequences.”

Source : "'Courageous' filmmaker Alex Kendrick branches out with a new book, a new Erwin Brothers comedy and a new production company". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.
“I have a wonderful husband, and we have had a great life.”
“You can't have a better past.”
“There are certain recordings where my voice sounds good to me. Singing live I really enjoy, but I don't know how good it sounds.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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