"Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they'd probably throw you out. That's very hard."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Wallace Shawn

#Believe Quotes #Trying Quotes #Acting Quotes

“Boys don't really like big nerdy glasses. Not so much.”
“Bookshops are infested with ideas. Books are quivering, murmuring creatures.”

Source : Rodrigo Rey Rosa (2014). “Margellos World Republic of Letters: Severina”, p.17, Yale University Press
“Manufactured meaning has already been implanted in the unconscious through language and subliminal messages. This is why it is not wise to trust or believe our thoughts/words or the meanings. We intuitively know what is true and false and all that is needed to be known in each moment.”
“Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist.”
“You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.”
“Honestly, I try to forget Fashion Week once it's over. I just want to go home and rest and just forget I even did it. It could drive you crazy! It's just show after show after show, and you're missing your family and they feel really far away. You don't go to sleep. You work for a month.”
“It won't be that expensive, the script is fun, the guys just love this thing, and with all of that, the world is just ready for the Muppets again. It's strange that there hasn't been one for so long. I think there were a lot of political reasons for why that was the case but it's just exciting that now it's going to happen.”
“How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free...”

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