"As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like you're doing it for the first time; you have no idea whether you're capable of it."

-- Brit Marling

#Ideas Quotes #Actors Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“The zoo cannot but disappoint.”
“The decisive moment, the popular Henri Cartier-Bresson approach to photography in which a scene is stopped and depicted at a certain point of high visual drama, is now possible to achieve at any time. One's photographs, years later, may be retroactively rephotographed by repositioning the photographer or the subject of the photograph, or by adding elements that were never there before but now are made to exist concurrently in a newly elastic sense of space and time.”

Source : Fred Ritchin (1990). “In our own image: the coming revolution in photography : how computer technology is changing our view of the world”
“I also write plays, so I understand the writers mind, and how obsessed you can get writing.”
“When someone new comes on and has their first nude scene - and even if it's not full nudity - it's always a weird, awkward setup. We have these famous merkins which are sort of toupees for your delicate areas to make it look like you're naked but cover you up a little bit. But we joke around a little bit with the newbies who are trying that stuff on for the first time.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“Keeping your mind open in the face of uncertainty is the single most powerful secret of unleashing your creative potential.”

Source : Michael J. Gelb (2009). “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day”, p.179, Dell
“Every human being has appetites difficult to control but far fewer have humility, gentleness, and an awareness of their weaknesses.”
“Do not try to lead men who are unwilling to follow you; if their heart is not in it, you will never find the old spirit or the old courage.”
“If a person forges ahead in the light and yet has lost his care for the others, the purpose of the light is wasted. God does not give us light for its own sake, but for the purpose of doing something in the light.”

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