All Quotes

Some actors get by with behaving, not acting. You've got to sell the effect. I act more in the 'Nightmare' movies because it's not like me. I'm acting, not reacting.
‐‐ Robert Englund

Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.
‐‐ Francesca Annis

Some actors give you what you want. Some you have to make do what you want.
‐‐ Ang Lee

Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.
‐‐ Matthew Goode

Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.
‐‐ John Cleese

Some actors learn the habit of promoting themselves as a brand - by dressing in a certain way, by going out with a certain person - it gives them what they obviously want, which is to keep a level of fame. I'm not putting it down.
‐‐ Viggo Mortensen

Some actors - myself included - like to know where your character's going: you like to know what the arc is for the character so that you can plan where you're going to give beats for this, that, and the other and give the audience what they want. But on 'Homeland,' you do the opposite.
‐‐ Raza Jaffrey

Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused.
‐‐ Liev Schreiber

Some actors play themselves, don't they?
‐‐ Christian McKay

Some actors specialize in shooting weapons and punching people. Some have the market on playing buffoons cornered, others specialize in roles that require heavy makeup or outrageous wardrobe. Some trade exclusively in a post-ironic blase attitude.
‐‐ Rob Lowe

Some actors start with the right shoes. I start with the right hats.
‐‐ Jefferson Mays

Some actors, they have to carry this macho, very masculine element to them, but it's difficult for me to understand that.
‐‐ Romain Duris

Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard.
‐‐ Tom Sizemore

Some actresses are just insane. I've never worked with a nasty actress - they're all absolutely delightful. But completely barking.
‐‐ Daniel Radcliffe

Some actresses seem to thrive on chaos, and I've often wondered if they felt they had to be that way in order to perform well?
‐‐ Marie Windsor

Some acts are tricky. Eartha Kitt was tricky in a wonderful, old-style way. She did yoga on the piano and put her hands over her ears when the other acts were on.
‐‐ Jools Holland

Some adults would rather pretend that bad things don't exist than to talk about them.
‐‐ Laurie Halse Anderson

Some advice: keep the flame of curiosity and wonderment alive, even when studying for boring exams. That is the well from which we scientists draw our nourishment and energy. And also, learn the math. Math is the language of nature, so we have to learn this language.
‐‐ Michio Kaku

Some age, others mature.
‐‐ Sean Connery

Some amazing records have this power to leave you with inspiration; you're left with the urge to write something. And some records are totally overwhelming, because they are so good, they burn the bridges behind them.
‐‐ Thomas Mars

Some analysts think people come into our shops and then go and buy the product on the Internet, but the manufacturer knows if the customer can't see the product and assess it, they won't buy.
‐‐ Gerry Harvey

Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.
‐‐ Aristotle

Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by a word; in others, it cannot. There are also noisy animals and silent animals, musical and unmusical kinds, but they are mostly noisy about the breeding season.
‐‐ Aristotle

Some anthems are great for sports. You've got the Russian national anthem... 'O Canada,' how wonderful is that for hockey... but I chose the Italian national song because at my first World Cup, I saw the Italians play four times, and they won all four times - they won the championship.
‐‐ George Vecsey

Some anti-Americanism derives simply from our being a colossus that bestrides the earth. But much anti-Americanism derives from the role U.S. political, economic and military power has played in denying such freedoms to others.
‐‐ Samantha Power

Some architects, such as John Lautner, never really did anything other than houses. His entire portfolio is basically residential. There's nothing wrong with that.
‐‐ Steven Holl

Some archives and record offices are housed in your local museum or library; others have their own stand-alone building. Wherever they are, they are a treasure trove.
‐‐ Kate Williams

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.
‐‐ Roger Moore

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
‐‐ Daniel J. Boorstin

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.
‐‐ Pearl S. Buck

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.
‐‐ Friedrich Nietzsche

Some are pre-taped interviews because maybe we can't get that person live or maybe we're not sure it's going to work out right so we tape it an hour in advance.
‐‐ Bob Edwards

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder.
‐‐ Henry David Thoreau

Some are very hostile if mistakes are pointed out. I'm not. If I make a mistake, I make a mistake.
‐‐ Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know.
‐‐ Arsene Wenger

Some areas of technology really don't interest me at all, but I welcome anything that makes life easier instead of harder.
‐‐ Joanne Harris

Some argue shareholder capitalism has proven more efficient. It has moved economic resources to where they're most productive, and thereby enabled the economy to grow faster.
‐‐ Robert Reich

Some argue that now isn't the time to push the green agenda - that all efforts should be on preventing a serious recession. That is a false choice. It fails to recognise that climate change and our carbon reliance is part of problem - high fuel prices and food shortages due to poor crop yields compound today's financial difficulties.
‐‐ Lucy Powell

Some argue that recognition of the genocide has become even more problematic now, when the world is at war with terrorism and the United States cannot afford to offend the sensibility of our Turkish ally.
‐‐ Adam Schiff

Some argue we should get coal, oil and gas out of the ground as quickly as possible, build more pipelines and make as much money as we can selling it here and abroad. Their priorities are the economy and meeting short-term energy needs so we can live the lives to which we've become accustomed.
‐‐ David Suzuki

Some article called me the most feared man in Silicon Valley. Good Lord! Why? My teenage boys got a kick out of it: 'Dad, how could this be true? You're not even the most feared person in this house.'
‐‐ Nathan Myhrvold

Some artists and indie musicians see Spotify fairly positively - as a way of getting noticed, of getting your music out there where folks can hear it risk-free.
‐‐ David Byrne

Some artists are able to pull off a very form-fitting, painted-on look that's very modern, but I have actually come around to embracing the idea that that these costumes are more like athletic uniforms than high-tech skin suits.
‐‐ Stuart Immonen

Some artists are bound to an image: Bob Marley has dreadlocks, Matisyahu has a beard. But that's a reminder that the whole thing is not about style. It's about music.
‐‐ Matisyahu

Some artists are happy doing the same thing again and again, but my favorite artists are the ones who evolve and grow, and I want to be one of them.
‐‐ James McCartney

Some artists are nervous - most of them are, to tell you the truth, and they have different ways of exhibiting that. Some of them are boisterous, some are really quiet.
‐‐ Daryl Hall

Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
‐‐ Lady Gaga

Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.
‐‐ Chris Van Allsburg

Some artists I know, they would rather not see the audience or envision them. But for me, I'd rather see them. I feel like part of the reason I perform is to feel that connection. It's the reason I love it so much.
‐‐ John Legend