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  • When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I'm going to do a big scene that's dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Al Pacino Quotes , Trying Quotes , Actors Quotes
  • You have to expose part of yourself to create a character deep enough for readers to care about. You try not to because it's hard and at times shameful, but then when you read those pages over and you see they have no life to them so you throw them away and force yourself to be more honest. So I suppose the answer is I see myself in all my characters, in their best moments and in their worst.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Adam Haslett Quotes , Character Quotes , Trying Quotes
  • If the door has been opened and I've been invited, or if I'm not invited and I somehow know I'm supposed to go in there, I put myself together and go in, praying all the while. I try to learn something before I go in. I try to show some respect of the place I'm going into.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Doors Quotes , Trying Quotes
  • I would say that during the time that I was 14 and pregnant - I didn't even know what pregnancy was when I got pregnant - I was trying to do everything I could to harm myself. I said to God, "God, if you want me to die, then you're going to have to kill me".
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Oprah Winfrey Quotes , Pregnancy Quotes , Trying Quotes