#ay

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#answer #i #legs #prayed #received

I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I am really looking for something that is moving or enlightening or something with depth as an actor. I look for these kinds of roles. ↗

— Brad Dourif

#actor #always #am #attach #central

If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film, THE most important person is the director. The director says where the camera goes. ↗

— Brad Dourif

#artists #camera #director #film #goes

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#could #disappointment #enough #entire #entire life

Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#actions #character #choose #circumstance #deal

I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#always #amazed #attraction #both #celebrity

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#does #had #man #mean #pleasure

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure. ↗

— Rita Dove

#end #geared #only #play #pleasure

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#directing #involved #layers #process #something

Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them? ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#actor #arms #brain #brain cells #cells