"We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. And because the actor knows that hidden inside himself there's a wizard and a king, he also knows that when he's playing himself in his daily life, he's playing a part, he's performing, just as he's performing when he plays a part on stage."

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

Wallace Shawn

#Kings Quotes #Play Quotes #Actors Quotes

“Unless you periodically unbind yourself from the world as it is given to you from moment to moment, you will fail to release those qualities of your mind that can generate images of the world as you would prefer it to be or the world as you declare it to be.”

Source : Peter London (1989). “No More Secondhand Art”, p.50, Shambhala Publications
“Change doesn't need to be overwhelming; it is not impossible.”
“Her hair that lay along her back Was yellow like ripe corn.”

Source : 'The Blessed Damozel' st. 2
“Writers dream of sentences that sail through the waters of thought. We try to control their shape and size, and we struggle to let them glide, rather than thrash at sea.”
“An ingenious web of probabilities is the surest screen a wise man can place between himself and the truth.”
“A lot of people don't know that I'm really a silly guy. I don't take anything seriously. It takes a lot of energy for me to take something seriously.”
“My biggest fantasy as an actor is to be in situations that make me uncomfortable and force me out of my comfort zone.”

Source : "Nolan Gerard Funk Joins The Cool Kids". Interview with Javy Rodriguez, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 5, 2013.
“I arrived in Hollywood twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox.”

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