"An actor puts himself in the hands of a director. And the director's first responsibility, obviously, is to tell the story, but the smallest thing that's not true reads on the screen. So if a director sees that an actor is not believable, he needs to help him become believable."

-- Tobin Bell

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“In a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness the sole criterion of power.”
“When we rejoice in our fullness, then we can part with our fruits with joy.”
“I am who I am and I don't think you can put a label on it.”
“I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny.”
“[His acting] remains forever fixed in a time that never dates.”
“Here in the city the worst thing that can happen to a nation has happened: we are a people afraid of its youth.”

Source : Elizabeth Hardwick (1984). “Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays”, Vintage
“I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself.”
“Pain is a great teacher, but most of us would rather learn some other way.”

Source : Jennifer James (1987). “Windows”, Newmarket Press

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