"I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons."

-- Sam Shepard

#Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Roles Quotes

“Happiness consists in the full employment of our faculties in some pursuit.”

Source : Harriet Martineau (1836). “Philosophical essays. Essays on the art of thinking. Sabbath musings. Moral essays. Parables. Poetry”, p.81
“Dear Sir: I will wish to establish my name as the best Ethiopian songwriter. But I am not encouraged in undertaking this as long as 'The Old Folks At Home' stares me in the face with another's name on it.”
“They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.”
“Life can take so many twists and turns. You canâ€™t ever count yourself out. Even if youâ€™re really afraid at some point, you canâ€™t think that thereâ€™s no room for you to grow and do something good with your life.”
“I love teaching. It's a job that lasts forever. Whatever you teach children today travels with them far into the future.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 05, 2016
“The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child has to teach them; and the child has a very great deal to teach them”
“The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.'”
“Listen carefully. The way(s) we speak about things is revealing.”

You may also like:

Ben Mendelsohn
Actor
James Marsden
Actor
Jessica Lange
Actress
Joan Allen
Film actress
Misty Upham
Film actress
Norbert Leo Butz
Actor
Patti Smith
Singer-songwriter
Sam Elliott
Actor
Sam Sheppard
Physician