"I try to keep away from being bigheaded. That's what causes people to lose the acting thing. They start being commercial, and then they stink for the rest of their life. But there are several respected adult actors who were child actors that started very young. I'm going to try and model myself after Kurt Russell and Jodie Foster. Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money."

-- Haley Joel Osment

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.”
“A public domain work is an orphan. No one is responsible for its life. But everyone exploits its use, until that time certain when it becomes soiled and haggard, barren of its previous virtues. How does the consumer benefit from the steady decline of a film's quality?”

Source : "A Plea For Keeping Alive the U.S. Film Industry's Competitive Energy". Jack Valenti's speech as MPAA Chairman and CEO before The Senate Judiciary Committee, September 20, 1995.
“If you are good for nothing else, you can still serve as a bad example.”
“There's nothing less than that. I don't care about just going to the playoffs; I've been to the playoffs before.”
“Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer. What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.”

Source : "Double vision". Interview with Susanna Rustin, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2007.
“the moods of sadness that come over anyone who takes up art... these dismal moods have very little compensation.”
“In a situation of potential conflict, let compassion guide you.”

Source : Sharon Salzberg (2013). “Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace”, p.139, Workman Publishing
“Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.”

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