#act

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion. ↗

— William H. Macy

#believer #character #collusion #firm #firm believer

If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it. ↗

— William H. Macy

#decide #i #like #me #pay

When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor. ↗

— William H. Macy

#car #could #garage #had #house

Those people who shun us just because of the label we're on, or the fact that we've got a video out there that's getting us somewhere, are only limiting themselves, because they aren't keeping an open mind. ↗

— Joel Madden

#fact #getting #got #just #just because

Once we thought, journalists and readers alike, that if we put together enough "facts" and gave them a fast stir, we would come up with something that, at least by the standards of short-order cooks, could be called the truth. ↗

— Melvin Maddocks

#called #come #cooks #could #enough

To choose art means to turn one's back on the world, or at least on certain of its distractions. ↗

— Melvin Maddocks

#back #certain #choose #distractions #least

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#aware #before #children #conscious #easily

I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#constitutional #conversation #couch #distracted #easily

I was in drama, wanted to be an actor. ↗

— Joan Jett

#drama #i #wanted

People who disagree on important issues don't agree on the facts. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#disagree #facts #important #important issues #issues