#ok

I love sketch comedy. My real goal is to do something with Albert Brooks. That would be my fantasy. I stay up night and day thinking up stuff he might find funny. ↗

— Illeana Douglas

#brooks #comedy #day #fantasy #find

The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure. ↗

— Carl Clinton Van Doren

#before #both #broken #charges #common

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work. ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#best #conspires #dream #friendly #give

I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#any #assumed #desire #film #film actor

When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen. They think I'm going to say something important! ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#going #i #important #listen #must

I was a good surfer because we grew up a block from the water, and my father took us to the ocean the way other fathers take their kids to the park. ↗

— Jolene Blalock

#block #father #fathers #good #grew

It took me several years to figure out who I am and a few more to accept what I discovered. Now, I'm in the enjoyment stage of that process and it's a happy place. ↗

— Jolene Blalock

#am #discovered #enjoyment #few #figure

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

I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step. ↗

— Rita Dove

#everywhere #first #first step #i #me

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