Charles Durning Quotes

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• There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for an…
• There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don't want anyone to know about.
• Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.
• I can't count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there, the real heroes.
• I lack confidence as an actor.
• I never turned down anything and never argued with any producer or director.
• I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting.
• I was born a character actor.
• I was born looking older - and I've been aging since I was a teenager.
• I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country.
• I'd like to have a decade of my life back. I dropped into a void for almost a decade.
• If I had my druthers, I would do only stage work.
• Sometimes you succeed and sometimes you don't.
• You make the money in movies and TV so you can do theater. I do a play a year... somewhere.
• Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet. It's…
• I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me…
• Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or…
• You're out there on a high wire without a net, and that's the way actors operate. They have to be fearless about how they work…
• That place that no one knows about - horrifying things we keep secret. A lot of that is released through acting.
• In order for your dreams to come true, you've got to stay awake.

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