"Rip Torn thought I was being a wise guy, and one afternoon he got pretty angry with me after telling me to do something and he thought I was pretending like I didn't know what he meant.But he was very frustrated. He was very frustrated as a director in trying to get his little theater group going. It was called The Sanctuary Theater Workshop, I think, and he wanted to do these classical plays by people like August Strindberg, and he was fighting hard to get his show up and be good and be professional."

Source : Source: tv.avclub.com

John Heard

#Wise Quotes #Rip Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“The painter tries to catch the magic of the lights and shadows and passing graces of the human face he paints, but he never wholly succeeds in overtaking the reality.”
“I could easily fill up each week with going to see debuts of friends' compositions alone. When you add in all of the bands I'm interested in catching and all of the improvisers that I still love, it gets almost impossibly daunting. I try to do as much as I can.”

Source : "The Only Late is Never". Interview with Marc Masters, Grayson Currin, pitchfork.com. November 12, 2010.
“Means and ends are central. If your means are corroded, your ends will be corroded. And if you're fighting to preserve liberty and you use means that eviscerate our liberties, the end will be corroded, too.”

Source : "Dangers to Civil Liberties and Learning from the First Iraq Warv". "Now" with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. February 28, 2003.
“I like the drawings. And as a photography fan myself, I would look at Helmut Newton or Irving Penn and like to see the initial notes or drawings, to see where the ideas grew from. Also my sketches are key to my work because I came to realise early on that by doing drawings, I could formulate a plan of what I was thinking of - I could take control and direct the work.”
“'Look Daughter, and learn how to love' and He showed me His five open wounds.”

Source : Saint Gemma Galgani , Aeterna Press (2016). “Saint Gemma Galgani Collection [2 Books]”, p.102, Aeterna Press
“These days we donâ€™t have to fit into something other people think we are. Weâ€™ve leveled the playing field, life is inclusive. Iâ€™m a mom, sex detective, wife, fearless, gentle â€” we can now, with grace, be all of what we are.”
“I get some of my best ideas while out walking.”
“Technology has made music accessible in a philosophically interesting way, which is great. But on the other hand, when everybody has the ability to make magic, it's like there's no more magic - if the audience can just do it themselves, why are they going to bother?”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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