theSarge00
10-11-2009, 02:38 PM
Was poking through my sporadically used twitter account, and noticed some filler from the Actors and Crew twitter..channel? Usually it's announcements about productions starting...basically job leads... but they ran a long stream of quotes yesyerday.
"Theater actors can hear a wonderful, deep silence that means you've hit them where they live." ~ Shelly Winters * Shelley Wintersabout 19 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4771256805) from web
"Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion." ~ Kate Reidabout 19 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4771198317) from web
"An actor can no more act upon the order 'Be happy' than she can upon the order 'Do not think of a hippopotamus.'" ~ David Mametabout 19 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4771185875) from web
"I discovered that its the audience, really, that is doing the acting." ~ Marlon Brandoabout 19 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4771154453) from web
"I just decided to make a movie. I had no training, no film school, but I had been to a lot of movies." ~ Michael Mooreabout 19 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4771093052) from web
"In Hollywood, you just kind of fail upwards." ~ Kevin Smithabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770927000) from web
"Why leave the Shire to film in Mordor?" ~ Peter Jackson on filming 'The Lord of the Rings' in New Zealand instead of Hollywoodabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770832432) from web
"A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings." ~ Stanley Kubrickabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770753890) from web
"There's no crying in independent film." ~ Robert Redfordabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770724508) from web
"I like to work with first time directors as long as it's their second picture." - Daniel Grodnikabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770711770) from web
"American motion pictures are written by the half-educated for the half-witted." ~ St. John Ervineabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770699392) from web
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large number of people from coughing." ~ Ralph Richardsonabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770681079) from web
"The theater is a great equalizer: it is the only place where the poor can look down on the rich." ~ Will Rogersabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770667946) from web
"The most important person in the motion picture process is the writer, and they must never, ever realize it." ~ Irving Thalbergabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770623808) from web
"When an actor wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.'" ~ Alfred Hitchcockabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770586937) from web
"Acting is frivolous, but frivolity is a big part of our society; so we might as well relax and enjoy it." ~ Jane Fondaabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770560355) from web
"Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business." ~ Bette Davisabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770545226) from web
"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, to express it his dedication." ~ Brandoabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770519550) from web
"If you want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, be an audience." ~ Tallulah Bankheadabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770469417) from web
"Don't you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up intelligence? There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work. ~ Gallagherabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770450326) from web
"Sex on television can’t hurt you – unless you fall off." ~ Woody Allenabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770406697) from web
"Television is simultaneously blamed, by the same people, for worsening the world and for being powerless to change it." ~ Clive Jamesabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770392324) from web
"TV is entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and remain lonesome." ~ T.S. Eliotabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770370981) from web
"Cinema has evolved in two paths. One is spectacle. The other is peep show." ~ Jim Morrisonabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770327369) from web
"No one ever went broke in Hollywood underestimating the intelligence of the public." ~ Elsa Maxwellabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770310507) from web
"A movie is never finished, only abandoned." ~ George Lucasabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770298999) from web
"If you want to do a film, steal a camera, steal raw stock, sneak into a lab and do it!" ~ Werner Herzogabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770281280) from web
"If there wasn't something called acting they would probably hospitalize people like me." ~ Whoopi Goldbergabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770224136) from web
"Movie actors are just ordinary mixed-up people -- with agents." ~ Jean Kerrabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770195410) from web
I'm fond of #12
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"Theater actors can hear a wonderful, deep silence that means you've hit them where they live." ~ Shelly Winters * Shelley Wintersabout 19 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4771256805) from web
"Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion." ~ Kate Reidabout 19 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4771198317) from web
"An actor can no more act upon the order 'Be happy' than she can upon the order 'Do not think of a hippopotamus.'" ~ David Mametabout 19 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4771185875) from web
"I discovered that its the audience, really, that is doing the acting." ~ Marlon Brandoabout 19 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4771154453) from web
"I just decided to make a movie. I had no training, no film school, but I had been to a lot of movies." ~ Michael Mooreabout 19 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4771093052) from web
"In Hollywood, you just kind of fail upwards." ~ Kevin Smithabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770927000) from web
"Why leave the Shire to film in Mordor?" ~ Peter Jackson on filming 'The Lord of the Rings' in New Zealand instead of Hollywoodabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770832432) from web
"A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings." ~ Stanley Kubrickabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770753890) from web
"There's no crying in independent film." ~ Robert Redfordabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770724508) from web
"I like to work with first time directors as long as it's their second picture." - Daniel Grodnikabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770711770) from web
"American motion pictures are written by the half-educated for the half-witted." ~ St. John Ervineabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770699392) from web
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large number of people from coughing." ~ Ralph Richardsonabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770681079) from web
"The theater is a great equalizer: it is the only place where the poor can look down on the rich." ~ Will Rogersabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770667946) from web
"The most important person in the motion picture process is the writer, and they must never, ever realize it." ~ Irving Thalbergabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770623808) from web
"When an actor wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.'" ~ Alfred Hitchcockabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770586937) from web
"Acting is frivolous, but frivolity is a big part of our society; so we might as well relax and enjoy it." ~ Jane Fondaabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770560355) from web
"Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business." ~ Bette Davisabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770545226) from web
"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, to express it his dedication." ~ Brandoabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770519550) from web
"If you want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, be an audience." ~ Tallulah Bankheadabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770469417) from web
"Don't you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up intelligence? There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work. ~ Gallagherabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770450326) from web
"Sex on television can’t hurt you – unless you fall off." ~ Woody Allenabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770406697) from web
"Television is simultaneously blamed, by the same people, for worsening the world and for being powerless to change it." ~ Clive Jamesabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770392324) from web
"TV is entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and remain lonesome." ~ T.S. Eliotabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770370981) from web
"Cinema has evolved in two paths. One is spectacle. The other is peep show." ~ Jim Morrisonabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770327369) from web
"No one ever went broke in Hollywood underestimating the intelligence of the public." ~ Elsa Maxwellabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770310507) from web
"A movie is never finished, only abandoned." ~ George Lucasabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770298999) from web
"If you want to do a film, steal a camera, steal raw stock, sneak into a lab and do it!" ~ Werner Herzogabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770281280) from web
"If there wasn't something called acting they would probably hospitalize people like me." ~ Whoopi Goldbergabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770224136) from web
"Movie actors are just ordinary mixed-up people -- with agents." ~ Jean Kerrabout 20 hours ago (http://twitter.com/ACTORSandCREW/status/4770195410) from web
I'm fond of #12
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