"In sketch comedy, wear your character like a hat, not a suit of armor."

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Source : Source: logger.believermag.com

Andy Daly

#Character Quotes #Suits Of Armor Quotes #Hats Quotes

“There is a quote that my acting teacher Stella Adler wrote in her book [The Art of Acting], which I asked her to sign: "The young actor feels some greatness inside themselves that they want to give back to the world." That resonated with me, but I didn't really understand what she was talking about until much later, in the way you surmised that my struggle to become an actor was from being this kind of introverted young boy”
“I'm not particularly interested in painting, per se. I'm interested in a painting that has that mysterious life to it. Anything that doesn't partake of that magic is halfway dead - it returns to its physical elements, it's just paint and canvas.”
“Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold, Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains, And pikes, the tyrants of the wat'ry plains.”
“Poetry is poetry. My process is I try to write the best poem I can, in the best way to communicate whatever it is the poem is trying to communicate, and then I try to figure out the best way to present that poem to a live audience. It's all craft, just different stages of craft.”
“There's too many people that paint with a broad brush that we're all corrupt, we're all amoral. â€¦ And having these kinds of things happen, whether it's a Republican or Democratic senator â€” we certainly have had plenty of Democratic scandals in the past â€” we need people who are in office who will hold themselves to a little higher standard.”
“Topshop makes the best skinny jeans for my shape. I order online or stock up when I'm back in London.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“He is flawless, without a blemish. Majesic . . . muscular.”
“After you've seen behind the facade of a stage set you can't take the play seriously any more. You can't go backwards and regain your ignorance; you have to move forward.”

Source : Interview with Maxime Lachaud, www.zeena.eu. September 2011.

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