"Cary Grant, born Archie Leach, was a poor……" — Melvin Maddocks
"Cary Grant, born Archie Leach, was a poor boy who could barely spell posh. That's acting for you-or maybe Hollywood."
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9 Quotes by Melvin Maddocks
Melvin Maddocks has 9 quotes on this site.
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It is one test of a fully developed writer that he reminds us of no one but himself.
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Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.
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Nothing is more idealistic than a journalist on the defensive.
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Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous.
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Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is…
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Once we thought, journalists and readers alike, that if we put together enough facts and gave them a fast stir,…
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To choose art means to turn one's back on the world, or at least on certain of its distractions.
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Writing is the most demanding of callings, more harrowing than a warrior's, more lonely than a whaling captain's-that, in essence,…
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More Acting Quotes
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
— Hannah Arendt
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
— Aristotle
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the…
— Victoria Abril
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For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a…
— Mary Kay Ash
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We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation…
— Julian Assange
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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling…
— Rowan Atkinson
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What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences,…
— Jensen Ackles
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You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social…
— Amitabh Bachchan
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
— Kevin Bacon
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
— Kevin Bacon
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I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.
— Kevin Bacon
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