"the role of the Do-Gooder is not what actors call a fat part."

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Margaret Halsey

#Kindness Quotes #Roles Quotes #Actors Quotes

“The inherent lightness or darkness of a form - its local-tone - is a given quality of all forms. It is affected by, but separate from, the light and dark areas that result from light falling on forms.”
“I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor.”
“I'm looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers that I will be able to sue myself for an extraordinary amount of money and finance the film version in which I will play everybody.”
“It is reckless to make broad generalizations about any group of people.”

Source : Roger Ebert (2012). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.589, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“Unfortunately, the issues of climate change, unlike many other issues, are very subtle because the changes we observe are very, very subtle.”
“Chris Claremont once said of Alan Moore, "if he could plot, we'd all have to get together and kill him." Which utterly misses the most compelling part of Alan's writing, the way he develops and expresses ideas and character. Plot does not define story. Plot is the framework within which ideas are explored and personalities and relationships are unfolded.”

Source : "Bad Signal". Comic book by Warren Ellis, 2003.
“Nothing reveals a man's character better than the kind of joke at which he takes offense.”
“I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.”

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