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“There are technical tricks that may help you create more effective characters. My approach to characterization is not at all technical. I can't really analyze how I do it, but I am sure of one thing. To write convincing characters, you must possess the ability to think yourself into someone else's skin.”
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“If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.”
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“Be genuinely interested in everyone you meet and everyone you meet will be genuinely interested in you”
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“There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu, There's a little marble cross below the town, There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the yellow god forever gazes down.”
Source : 'The Green Eye of the Yellow God' (1911)
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“A grandchild is God's reward for raising a child.”
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“There was however, a group of 507 individuals who were permanent street dwellers [in Miami.] These 507 were not indigent, down-on-their-luck families. They were single people and every one of them was mentally ill.”
Source : Pete Earley (2007). “Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness”, p.103, Penguin
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“Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance.”
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“What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.”
Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. May 25, 2004.