Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses...
The captain thing was really an honor, and it was really flattering for me. It was really something that I didn't expect, and I would say that was the highlight of my career so far, being elected captain by my...
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I pride myself on leaving no stone unturned as far as being the most prepared that I can be.
There's always something happening in pretty much every moment of every scene of everything I've ever worked on in longform that's not being expressed or acknowledged.
It's about creating an atmosphere so that characters can just live in front of the cameras. And to be sensitive, and for the actor to know the sensitivity that they are being observed with.
I think when an actor feels like they're being watched with great sensitivity and a subtle eye and a nose for truthfulness, that has some effect.
It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
This Government has found occasion to express, in a friendly spirit, but with much earnestness, to the Government of the Czar, its serious concern because of the harsh measures now being enforced against the Hebrews in Russia.
The thing I love most about acting is that your capacity evolves as you evolve as a human being.
Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.
I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.
One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.
Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don't know anyone on Earth who doesn't, but I do find it funny.
I'm not concentrated or concerned with any other factors rather than just being able to do the best job that I can.
I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.
I profoundly do not believe that the United States could make things better in Syria by being there. And we have an evidentiary record of what happens when we're there - nearly a decade in Iraq.
For many Americans, 'Vietnam' is a word associated with war and the extraordinarily complex history between our countries. But since normalization began, the U.S. and Vietnam have steadily built bonds of partnership, demonstrating that we can recognize history without being...
