"Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office."

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Source : "The agony of acting" by Arthur Smith, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2001.

Arthur Smith

#Play Quotes #Office Quotes #Acting Quotes

“When I first started, they were trying to get me into sitcoms - I think because I had that kind of Wonder Bread look and my hair always went into place. I kept saying, 'I'm not good at sitcoms. I don't know how to do that.'”
“It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.”
“Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.”
“Thinking is the natural activity of the mind. Meditation is not about stopping your thoughts. Meditation is simply a process of resting the mind in its natural state, which is open to and naturally aware of thoughts, emotions, and sensations as they occur.”
“For those who believe that ecological disaster will somehow be averted, it must also be clear that, over the next decade or so, sustainable development will constitute one of the biggest opportunities in the history of commerce. And innovation will be the name of the game.”

Source : Stuart L. Hart (2010). “Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World”, p.52, FT Press
“This was the ethos of the intelligence analysis directorate during most of the 27 years I spent there.”
“Unless you are willing to try, fail miserable, and try again, success won't happen.”
“I find words really hard.”

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