An academic discipline, or any other semiotic domain, for that matter, is not primarily content, in the sense of facts and principles.… — James Paul Gee Copy Share Image
When I'm acting, I have zero control, and it's the scariest thing anyone can do in that field because, you know, your… — Amber Tamblyn Copy Share Image
Golf is like acting in that both require concentration and relaxation at the same time. In acting, you can't push emotion. You… — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
I generally like grey roles. My interpretation of drama is different from the popular perception. Acting, for me, is not about overplaying,… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
This is sort of inflection-free acting [playing Maigret], and I really wasn't sure if I could do it - you make your… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
My preference will always be theatre because it's where my heart lies and it's what I started with and eventually I want… — Gemma Arterton Copy Share Image
When I was little, I didn't know you got paid for acting. My parents put the money in the bank for me,… — Chelan Simmons Copy Share Image
My very first acting job ever, the first time I got paid to be an actress, was in 2001, right between my… — Katy Mixon Copy Share Image
It will be an honor to work in the remake of Rajinikanth sir's film. I will be producing as well as acting… — Raghava Lawrence Copy Share Image
People who are artists, they want their music, their art, their acting craft to get out. And once it's appreciated, that seems… — Michael Wright Copy Share Image
Who is the ultimate dreamer? Call it as you will: God, higher consciousness, Krishna, spirit, whatever pleases you. .. One dream, one… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Usually people in the acting business end up both in front of and behind the camera. Working for so long in the… — Dustin Diamond Copy Share Image
People create the illusion of acting natural, which is what I think most documentarians do in part because of the direct cinema… — Joshua Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
Some dozens of years ago, there was a debate conducted between people insisting that "this loaf of bread must be redistributed," and… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
I think a lot about the editing of the films when we're making them, partly because I studied that, and partly because… — Paul Schneider Copy Share Image
The requirements of the theatre are very great--a strong constitution, energy and unflagging purpose, charm of feature, these alone do not necessarily… — Julia Marlowe Copy Share Image
Virtue also depends on ourselves. And so also does vice. For where we are free to act we are also free to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Anjelica Huston and Kelly MacDonald are both really special. Anjelica has such a fresh point of view about acting and doesn't seem… — Sam Rockwell Copy Share Image
In fact you can begin to discover and investigate whether you are an actor or not, whether you're in my view, qualified… — Jeff Goldblum Copy Share Image
If you begin acting contrary to the public's interest, and there is no alternative governmental model, with which you're willing to engage,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
All sin has its being and origin in the fact that man wants to be his own judge. And in wanting to… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
I realized that acting is not all about receiving people's applause or cheer. It is about delivering the right character to the… — Liu Yifei Copy Share Image
Conventional opinions fit so comfortably into the dominant paradigm as to be seen not as opinions but as statements of fact, as… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Today's kids have a mind of their own, and they know how to exercise it. Even if I wanted to tell Sara… — Amrita Singh Copy Share Image
Movie acting, I later realized, reminds me of contract bridge. Each requires the same concentration, intense short-term memory, and obliviousness to everything… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The injury that ended my time in football turned out to be serendipitous. I tore my Achilles while training for a pending… — John David Washington Copy Share Image
Notwithstanding what some regard as the institutionalization of compassion, the transfer society quashes genuine virtue. Redistribution of income by means of government… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
I had given thought to acting, but I never really had a good enough opportunity or a character who made sense and… — Gucci Mane Copy Share Image
It took a while to decide I wanted to do Hamlet. It wasn't that I was daunted - I'd been acting professionally… — Jonathan Pryce Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with being proud of America, believing that America can do great things. America can do great things, it has… — Peter Beinart Copy Share Image
I used to say things like, 'My name's not Al (Bundy), you know?' Not to the press, but to fans. 'My name… — Ed O'Neill Copy Share Image
Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God - that'd… — Robert Loggia Copy Share Image
You know the theory of cell irritability?. If you take an amoeba cell and poke it a thousand times, it will change… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting, and they don't really want to learn… — Jackie Cooper Copy Share Image
Remember back then we thought about al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and a few other places? well, we've seen al Qaeda… — Tom Ridge Copy Share Image
I was always really shy. That's why being in front of cameras like this is uncomfortable. I found that when I was… — Austin Butler Copy Share Image
People talk about the difference between radio acting, TV acting and stage acting, but I think it's all the same. For instance,… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
“Healthy entertainment is a beautiful blend of stimuli that can connect with the viewer at a sentimental level, then sow the seeds… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
And I am saying, how about the other two branches? And putting the pressure on our representatives in the Senate and the… — Sibel Edmonds Copy Share Image
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