"The first step to a better audition is to give up character and use yourself."

-- Michael Shurtleff

#Giving Up Quotes #Character Quotes #Acting Quotes

“A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.”
“I love movies that are saying things that people might find odd at times. I don't find them odd at all. They give me comfort.”
“Don't get down on yourself when you get rejection letters.”
“Lazy breathing converts the lungs, literally and figuratively speaking, into a cemetery for the deposition of diseased, dying and dead germs as well as supplying an ideal haven for the multiplication of other harmful germs.”
“No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]”
“I have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite.”
“Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'tis time to part.”
“It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a much deeper understanding than merely reading about them.”

Source : Roger Penrose (2016). “The Road To Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe”, p.20, Random House

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