#act

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#been #boxing #business #father #had

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied acting, which involved dance and fencing and speech classes and history of theater, all that. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#after #american #army #classes #dance

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The idea of being a troubadour on the road singing for your supper was very disturbing to him. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#being #church #disturbing #him #idea

I feel as though my career really hit its high point when I was cast as a supporting actress in 'American Wedding'. I thought the script had a lot of depth and intelligence, and it really just jumped off the page. ↗

— January Jones

#american #career #cast #depth #feel

Every actor wants to have a character that changes, that has some kind of movement, that gets from point A to point B, that doesn't just supply one note. ↗

— Jeffrey Jones

#changes #character #every #gets #just

I think the same way about theatre, you go out there and you are creating a world for a moment that can actually have a real impact on people, present some kind of story that gives you something to think about when you walk away, feeling enriched - if it works out well. ↗

— Jeffrey Jones

#actually #away #creating #enriched #feeling

My job is to help the functioning of the story, not to draw attention to myself, but to make my characters function within the story, to work for the benefit of the story, to make the whole thing work. ↗

— Jeffrey Jones

#benefit #characters #draw #function #functioning

Well, I think that there is a connection between being a lawyer and a doctor and an actor. They kind of, in some ways, have the same appeal, I suppose. ↗

— Jeffrey Jones

#appeal #being #between #connection #doctor

I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano. ↗

— Norah Jones

#guitar #i #i do #more #piano

I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be. ↗

— Marion Jones

#am #continue #express #fact #i