I never planned to be an actor. It turned out I could make a living doing it.
quote by Wallace Shawn
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Dynastic Rule
We may love to have dynastic rule
An outdated theory to keep people under thumb and make them fool
Living in the age of divine rule and only right
An inheritance came naturally without any fight
King’s son will become king
Joker’s son will always remain in ring
Singer’s son will always sing
What else we can think and bring?
Good surgeon will make his son doctor
And actor family naturally an actor
Everybody is after finding a mentor
No one remembers almighty and creator
Who can make whom and for what?
The easy way is always kept in mind and thought
You can't make human being a human
Even if you belong to a family of noble man
What if I turned out to be a criminal?
Create scene of terror on arrival
Many records on my name
What more good anybody wants claim?
These are all rotten ideas originate in mind
Some of them materialize and respectfully find
A person is well contended with fulfillment
He has everything to rejoice without any comment
How many may be reaching at happy end?
Everybody is dreaming and having same trend
Yet one must strive hard to reach to the destiny
The goal may still be remained an illusion for many
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead.
quote by Louise Brooks
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Thats The Way God Planned It
Why cant we be humble
Like the good lord said?
He promised to exault us
[...]
How man be so greedy
When theres so much land?
All things are God give
And they all have been blessed
Thats the way God planned it
Thats the way God wants it to be
Thats the way God planned it
Thats the way God wants it to be
Let not your heart beat trotta
[...] sees
Learn how to help each one another
And live in perfect peace
If wed all just be humbler
Like the good lord said
He promised to exault us
But [..] in the way
Thats the way God planned it
Thats the way he wants it to be
Youve got to believe me
Thats the way God planned it
Thats the way God wants it to be
I hope you get this message
When you [...]
You may not understand me
But [...]
Thats the way God planned it
Thats the way God wants it to be
Come on, come on, come on now
Youve got to believe me
Thats the way God planned it
Thats the way God wants it to be
Come on, yeah, yeah, come on now
Thats the way God planned it
Thats the way God wants it to be
Yeah yeah yeah
Thats the way God planned it
Thats the way God wants it to be
Yeah yeah yeah
Thats the way God planned it
Thats the way God wants it to be
song performed by by George Harrison
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An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on which to draw the characters he plays.
quote by Arthur Lowe
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Behind the Scenes
The actor struts his little hour,
Between the limelight and the band;
The public feel the actor's power,
Yet nothing do they understand
Of all the touches here and there
That make or mar the actor's part,
They never see, beneath the glare,
The artist striving after art.
To them it seems a labour slight
Where nought of study intervenes;
You see it in another light
When once you've been behind the scenes.
For though the actor at his best
Is, like a poet, born not made,
He still must study with a zest
And practise hard to learn his trade.
So, whether on the actor's form
The stately robes of Hamlet sit,
Or as Macbeth he rave and storm,
Or plays burlesque to please the pit,
'Tis each and all a work of art,
That constant care and practice means --
The actor who creates a part
Has done his work behind the scenes.
poem by Andrew Barton Paterson
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Actor Of Love
Hold on
I have found something I longing for
To fill the hollowness of my heart
But why I'm feeling more of sorrow
Before
I am the one who said: 'Oh, I'll control'
But now I realize you are my world
And it's waiting to break apart
I'm an actor of love
I'm trying to perfect
But I'm just fooling around
I'm an actor of love
I want to be your hero
But I've made myself a clown
I'm an actor of love
I need you by my side
But now you leave me alone
I'm an actor of love
I beg your forgiveness
But you refuse me so cold
Sometimes
We wonder why we should be together
Do we really dream of love forever?
Or we afraid to be alone
I'm an actor of love
I want to protect you
But I always hurt you bad
I'm an actor of love
I want to be your shield
But may turn someone you hate
I'm an actor of love
We kiss in the morning
But in night we have a war
I'm an actor of love
We care for each other
But we only circle round
If this love only makes me crazy
Take the story and just let it be
Tragedy or comedy
Or anything it wants to be
poem by Maria Sudibyo
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I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor.
quote by Sydney Pollack
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My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?
quote by David Hyde Pierce
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Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.
quote by Casey Kasem
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You know, when you choose to make your living as an actor, it's all fine and good to look at it as some kind of artistic endeavor.
quote by James Spader
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Going Round 97
Everything is turning round and around
And around and around
Mythical problems in time and the living sun influencing life,
But she doesnt, but she doesnt decide, shes careless
Everything is just going on, going on, just as planned....
Till the end of the century
Merely a few wonder about the vanishing of this world.
They will turn around, turn around, turn around
Everything is just going on, going on , going on, just as planned.
Whats left behind, whats left behind has nothing to do with what will come, with what will come.
So turn around, turn around, so turn around, so turn, turn around.
Some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night,
Mind and matter have no bounds, the poison creeps where you cannot reach
Everything is turning round and around and around.
Mythical problems in time and the living sun, influencing life,
But she doesnt decide, but she doesnt decide
She s careless, everything is just going on, going on just as planned,
Whats left behind, the spinning round of the essence of the source
Its going round its going round its going round
Its going round its going round its going round
Merely a few wonder about the vanishing of this world.
They will turn around, turn around, turn around ,turn around
Everything is just going fine, under the living sun, its just going fine under the living sun.
Everything is just going on, going on, going on, , just as planned,
Whats left behind has got nothing to do with what will come, with what will come ,
What will come, what will come .........
song performed by by Xymox
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I'm foremost an actor. I feel embarrassed being compared to the guys who really work at it. I fake it, I make believe I know all about it, which is what you're supposed to do as an actor.
quote by Lloyd Bridges
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I mean, its hard to be an actor in the city - trying to make it as an actor - because you waitress all night, you get home really late and you're super tired and your feet hurt.
quote by Piper Perabo
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
quote by Walter Koenig
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No Mans Land
(john scott sherrill/steve seskin)
That house on the hill is long gone
Now shes living in a trailer with an astroturf lawn
Got three little kids and no one to help
Trying to be momma and daddy all by herself
Its hard to hold down the fort when youre holdin down a job
Shed rob peter to pay paul but hes already been robbed
She gets the food on the table and the clothes off the lines
Shed break down and cry but she doesnt have time
She got to be strong, life goes on
Though its nothin like she had planned
Shes gonna be o.k. gonna find a way
Living in no mans land
Every now and then late at night
She thinks of how it would feel to hold someone tight
And theres a guy down at work he keeps callin her up
But she aint ready for none of that stuff
Shes still sifting through the ashes of a love thats been and gone
Looking for a clue, trying to find out what went wrong
It aint always easy, but she knows shes gotta try
Every time she looks into her babies eyes
She got to be strong, life goes on
Though its nothin like she had planned
Shes gonna be o.k. gonna find a way
Living in no mans land
She got to be strong, life goes on
Though its nothin like she had planned
Shes gonna be o.k. gonna find a way
Living in no mans land
No mans land
song performed by by John Michael Montgomery
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I Don't Want To B A One Night Stand
Now you ask me if I will go with you
Well I'd like to but I don't know if it's right
Are you looking for someone to care for you
Or just someone to love you tonight
Well I don't want to be a one night stand
So if that's what you got planned
Baby before we go you better let me know
I don't want to be a one night stand
It been so long since I've had some loving
And your kisses make me wish that you were mine
Now it'd be so easy for me to fall for you
And let myself have a good time
Well I don't want to be a one night stand
So if that's what you got planned
Baby before we go you better let me know
I don't want to be a one night stand
Well I don't want to be a one night stand
So if that's what you got planned
Baby before we go you better let me know
I don't want to be a one night stand
Well I don't want to be a one night stand
So if that's what you got planned
Baby before we go you better let me know
I don't want to be a one night stand
song performed by by Reba Mcentire
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An actor would be foolish to do something that might hold up the picture, or more importantly incapacitate him. If an actor does do a stunt he needs to make sure a stunt man stands by to see that it's done correctly.
quote by Glenn Ford
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Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
I lost 90 pounds and my blood pressure went down to a normal level and the salt in my urine disappeared. And that was when I had to make the transition from fat character actor to thin character actor.
quote by Ron Perlman
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In Mexico, theater is very underground, so if you're a theater actor it's very difficult to make a living. But it's also a very beautiful pathway to knowledge and to an open education.
quote by Gael Garcia Bernal
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