"I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting."

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Source : "PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Charles Durning". Playbill On-Line Interview, www.playbill.com. February 22, 2000.

Charles Durning

#Thinking Quotes #Play Quotes #Acting Quotes

“This joy of discovery is real, and it is one of our rewards. So too is the approval of our work by our peers.”
“I don't think there are many larger lessons to be found in sports.”
“A common defect of modern art study is that too many students do not know why they draw.”
“Do not reproach a man with his misfortunes, fearing lest Nemesis may overtake you.”

Source : As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, i. 78,
“Mindful grief means mourning and letting go of the past without expectation, fear, censure, blame, shame, control and so forth. Without such mindful grief, neither past nor person can be laid to rest.”
“And the violet lay dead while the odour flew On the wings of the wind o'er the waters blue.”
“I figured out, I guess, that the job just makes me happy if it's not number one. So if it all works, great. If it doesn't, I still go home, look at my kids, and I have a big smile on my face.”
“A man will teach his wife what is needed to arouse his desires. And there is no reason for a woman to know any more than what her husband is prepared to teach her. If she gets married knowing far too much about what she wants and doesn't want then she will be ready to find fault with her husband.”

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