"Film acting would be about 80 percent better than it has been lately if actors did their homework, if they didn't have egos that took the size of their talent for granted."

-- Rod Steiger

#Ego Quotes #Acting Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“I thank God to have it. I thank God that I finished it. And I hope that I will live enough to take profit of it.”

Source : "A Fashionable Life: Max & Lubov Azria" by Marshall Heyman, www.harpersbazaar.com. May 12, 2009.
“You can run from the truth. You can run and hide from the truth. You can deny and avoid the truth. But you cannot destroy the truth. Nor can you make the lie true. You must know that love will always uncover the truth.”
“And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear.”
“Im told Im like my father, and he was the most wonderful man. But I think he was gentler than me.”
“I have respect for those who make money at art and do it well and smartly, because that commercial aspect keeps the world going and running, in a sense.”
“Your day usually follows the direction of the corners of your mouth. So SMILE.”
“Through fear of knowing who we really are we sidestep our own destiny, which leaves us hungry in a famine of our own making...we end up living numb, passionless lives, disconnected from our soul's true purpose. But when you have the courage to shape your life from the essence of who you are, you ignite, becoming truly alive.”
“There were class differences among black people then and there are class differences among black people now. There is still an assumption among many people in American society that being black is its own class, a blanket class. That, I believe, is an erroneous and deeply offensive view.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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