"Actors, who should pride themselves on their singularity, are forever trying to be someone else. It isnâ€™t necessary for you, the actor, to like yourselfâ€” self-love isnâ€™t easy to come by for most of usâ€” but you must learn to trust who you are. There is no one else like you."

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Source : Michael Shurtleff (2009). “Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part”, p.3, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Michael Shurtleff

#Pride Quotes #Self Quotes #Forever Quotes

“To me, craft work is the ultimate. Maybe I got this idea from the autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, who was employed as a sculptor to the state and church, making coins and things. While he admired Michelangelo, he also made fun of his spiritual angst with art.”
“I truly get very emotional when I am performing and see their (Fans) love for me.”
“It needs a cold wife to prompt lechery.”
“I feel like my home is stage acting.”
“Don't let not knowing how it'll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.”

Source : FaceBook post by Bob Goff from Aug 29, 2014
“Being a mom is what life is about. I hope people realize what the priorities in life should be and know not everything has to be perfect.”
“Impossible is a word for other people to use when life scares them.”
“I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work and then coming back to it. It makes the work richer, I think.”

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