#w

Good acting is about being as natural and calm as possible. These days producers have such definite ideas that you have to be prepared to do whatever they ask. ↗

— Bryn Terfel

#acting #ask #be prepared #being #calm

I work on my voice through what I have to sing. ↗

— Bryn Terfel

#sing #through #voice #work

People may have thought that we changed a lot. I don't think we came in with that intention. Certain things I can't stomach. But I tried to be as collegial as possible. When you sign that contract, you're tied to that opera house to try your best. But every different team will play with a different intensity. ↗

— Bryn Terfel

#came #certain #certain things #changed #contract

I would say that playing this character has caused me to think about a lot of things. He's always questioning himself and trying to get back to something he lost touch with and trying to find forgiveness. Everybody struggles with these things to some extent in their life. ↗

— Lee Tergesen

#always #back #caused #character #everybody

We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma. ↗

— Randall Terry

#being #dilemma #every #human #human being

That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg. ↗

— Samuel Goldwyn

#biting #directors #egg #golden #hand

I think for Beecher specifically, Keller was with him when his wife died. Beecher had decided after he first got into prison that he had to shut off everybody. You can't let anybody in and you have to become like them and you have to be threatening and all that. ↗

— Lee Tergesen

#anybody #become #decided #died #everybody

I went through a divorce right as we were starting the show. My divorce became final right after we started shooting the first year, and during that time I was in such a low place. ↗

— Lee Tergesen

#became #divorce #during #final #first

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#because #despair #head #hope #i

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#honored #i #past #praise #them