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When I had decided to become an actor, I did a lot of soul-searching to figure out how I could be different. What could I bring to the table that others or my father couldn't have? That's when I worked...

Quotes by Tiger Shroff

Action alone doesn't work in Germany - you need an emotional element to the story.

Quotes by Til Schweiger

I love action films. It's my favorite genre.

Quotes by Til Schweiger

The Russian male audience, they loved 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door,' and they like my comedies, but the Russian male audience is action, action, action.

Quotes by Til Schweiger

We haven't done action movies in Germany. We had some attempts in the '90s, but they failed.

Quotes by Til Schweiger

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.

Quotes by Thornton Wilder

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ it to say: 'This moral truth can be learned from beholding this action.'

Quotes by Thornton Wilder

I have rarely seen the face of a mechanic in the action of creation which was not fine, never one which was not earnest and impressive.

Quotes by Thomas Nelson Page

In animation, action is changing so quickly that there's really not a lot of suspended moments.

Quotes by Thomas Newman

You can't drag people from understanding to action. A customer isn't actually at the last mile if you're the one dragging her to the finish line.

Quotes by Thomas P.M. Barnett

I grew up on '80s action movies... Jean Claude Van Damme, Schwarzenegger, Stallone... If there were ever some opportunity to do that, it'd be great.

Quotes by Thomas Middleditch

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

Thomas Jefferson

Since young people would much rather play fast-action, rapidly advancing video games, and gambling laws for slot machines and roulette tables haven't changed much since the 1950s, look for casinos to build large video game tournament centers and allow people...

Quotes by Thomas Frey

With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.

Quotes by Thomas Fuller

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

Quotes by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have never been conventional.

Quotes by Therese Fowler

Frequently Asked Questions

Did these speakers plan on doing action roles?
Not really. One admits, "I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened," while another explains they "didn't go into this business to do action" because of a classical-theater background, yet found they were "good at kicking and punching."
Is there a quote about being underrepresented in action roles?
Yes — one speaker reflects on how rare their combination of background is in the genre, noting there are "so few guys who do action and do it well," and even fewer with classical-theater training. For more on standing out through personal traits, see our Character quotes.
Do any of these quotes contrast action with thinking?
One does, memorably: "What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action." It draws a sharp line between ideas and actually doing something.
Is classical training mentioned as useful for action work?
Yes — one speaker points to their "classical-theater training" as something they bring into action work, even though it's not the most obvious background for the genre. For more on playful ways of exploring a theme, check out our Rhymes collection.
Where can I find more quotes about living with purpose and action?
Our Life quotes explore that same idea of doing versus just thinking, and our Always quotes are worth a look too.

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