#approach

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism. ↗

— Arthur Miller

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I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing. ↗

— Roscoe Mitchell

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I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

#artist #character #choosing #costumes #film

Allan had come down wanting to do some sort of crucial music and I'd been involved in so-called Art Music and wanted to explore other areas - we were approaching it in some quite tongue-in-cheek ways and we had a lot of fun - we spent more time laughing than playing music. ↗

— Jamie Muir

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People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

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And as the hour approached for the execution, in his own mind, Collins became both the executioner and the victim. He would pace up and down, transformed in almost a kind of exorcism when he knew he was responsible for taking someone's life. ↗

— Liam Neeson

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A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#bomb #fear #got #like #movie

I now need to take a very aggressive approach to having a baby. ↗

— Connie Chung

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I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally. ↗

— Patricia Clarkson

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You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your weird creations in some kind of way. I don't even know how you approach the process of conceiving the characters if in a sense you hated them. It's just absurd. ↗

— Joel Coen

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