"I feel that in order to truly be an actor, you have to differentiate yourself and your roles."

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Source : Interview with Michael J. Lee, www.radiofree.com. May 24, 2005.

Michelle Trachtenberg

#Order Quotes #Roles Quotes #Actors Quotes

“In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic.”
“I have a history of eating disorders but, as a mother, you think of being an example to your child. I'm so much more balanced than I was.”
“I like the mentality of the Americans. It's like when you talk about money.”
“I look at Peeta and he gives me a sad smile. I hear Haymitch's voice. "You could do a lot worse." At this moment, it's impossible to imagine how I could do any better. The gift...it is perfect. So when I rise up on my tiptoe to kiss him, it doesn't seem forced at all.”
“The toughest part of the whole damn sport is the X Factor. To me, the X factor is your soul. It's your courage. It's your unique driving force. Suppose for a moment that [you] and I were [running]. Suppose that in every possible way-physical and mental-we were identical. Which one of us would emerge as the champion?”
“Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all.”

Source : James Mill (1829). “Essays on Government, Jurisprudence, Liberty of the Press, and Law of Nations. Written for the Supplement to the Encyclopædia Britannica”
“To know nothing about yourself is to be constantly in danger of nothingness, those voids of non-being over which a man walks the tightrope of his life.”

Source : Athol Fugard (2009). “Tsotsi”, p.38, Canongate Books
“It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of money that goes out of the country as a consequence. Everybody is using coffee; this must be prevented. His Majesty was brought up on beer, and so were both his ancestors and officers. Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer, and the King does not believe that coffee-drinking soldiers can be relied upon to endure hardships in case of another war.”

Source : "Alcohol in the Western World" by Bert L. Vallée, Scientific American, Volume 278, No. 6, pp. 80-85, ru.scribd.com. June 1998.

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