"Acting is an animal thing, not an..." - Quote by Clint Eastwood
Acting is an animal thing, not an intellectual thing.
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“I'm more focused on making a scene seem real as opposed to perfect.”
“The only reason I ever thought about retiring from the front part of the camera as opposed to the back is sometimes you think, "How many roles are there for someone my age?"”
“I was an Eisenhower Republican when I started out at 21 because he promised to get us out of the Korean War.”
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“Don Siegel last advice to me was 'Don't short yourself.' He said the tendency is when an actor's directing is to kind of you want to work on everybody else but you're going to short yourself. He said, take the time to do a good job with yourself so that you're satisfied with it.”
“Within ten years, he had earned his college degree and was a millionaire from his business enterprises in real estate, landscaping, and bodybuilding. He was also the winner of a Golden Globe Award for his debut as a dramatic actor in Stay Hungry.”
“The stock actor is a stage calamity”
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“You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit.”
“We denote this primary wisdom as Intuition, whilst all later teachings are tuitions.”
“It is just man's turning away from instinct--his opposing himself to instinct--that creates consciousness. Instinct is nature andseeks to perpetuate nature; while consciousness can only seek culture or its denial.”