I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
J. August Richards
Related I'm not very good at time off. I'm happier when I'm working. It's something to do wi... EMILIA FOX When I hear people say that Fox News is right wing, I know that's not true, because I'm the ... SHEPARD SMITH People say my world is dark. No, there's a lot of lightness in my world. But I know very well th... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE There's a hunger and a fervor that I have, but there's no person I'm going to push to th... DREW BARRYMORE When I'm focusing on what's important to God, I live differently. I invest my time differently. CRAIG GROESCHEL I always think - when I get mad, and people say, 'Don't be the angry black woman' - it... AJA NAOMI KING When I'm Los Angeles, it's work. That's what I'm there for is work. DAKOTA GOYO Sometimes I can't believe I'm going to be 60. I always say there's no point moaning abou... TWIGGY I think, if I'm doing my job correctly, I'm presenting a scenario for you as the reader to e... T. C. BOYLE I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission... ABIGAIL WASHBURN I think I think in the moment. So when I'm in character, I'm in character, and I'm obvio... SACHA BARON COHEN It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone. AALIYAH I take my dog to the vet a lot because he's old and sick, and I always step on the scale when I&... IKE BARINHOLTZ There's a window in my life which is football. I try to remember that it's not going to be t... JUNIOR SEAU I'm not really clear what the whole deal is with flags. I like my flag, but I wouldn't die f... EDDI READER I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in... JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE There's different ways of getting into character. There's what's called 'the outside... DAVID WENHAM When I read a script and have my first interaction with this character, do I feel like there's s... BILL SKARSGARD For a while now I've had this feeling that there's something that I'm supposed to be doi... EMMA CAULFIELD In terms of jobs, I'm an actor. There's gotta' be depth there. I'd never say yes to ... BILL SKARSGARD Every night when I go out on stage, there's always one nagging fear in the back of my mind. I... DON RICKLES I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When... SIA I'm that person who says, 'No matter what the problem is, there's a solution.' That&... MIRANDA KERR I'm comfortable only when there's a mutual attraction. That's what anyone wants. If I fi... NATHAN FILLION Oddly enough, I'm not religious but I'm also very fond of St Peter's in Rome. When I'... JONATHAN PRYCE People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. ... USAIN BOLT I'm not saying standardized tests are the worst ever, but there's an in-between and I don... ASHLEY RICKARDS It's always good to see the world; always good to see new places. When I'm sitting at home, ... ROMAN REIGNS There's always blood on the carpet when I play Beethoven at the piano. I hate playing the piano!... CHARLES HAZLEWOOD I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He'... SAMMY SOSA It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on wh... CLARENCE THOMAS I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work... TAMMY BLANCHARD I would say what scares me is that I'm going to ultimately find out at the end of my life that I... DEMI MOORE When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing... ADAM RAPP 'Cyberspace' is a metaphorical idea which is supposed to be the space where your consciousne... NEIL POSTMAN I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there... MARISSA MAYER When you listen to a symphony orchestra, and the basses don't - there's no bass part, there&... CHARLIE HADEN I rent houses in LA when I'm filming. I find the isolation there terrifying. There's nowhere... KATHLEEN TURNER When I'm directing, I noticed I'm not using my subconscious at all. I'm literally using ... DAN GILROY When my phone pops up with Dierks Bentley, I'm like, 'Oh my gosh!! Okay, wait. He's supp... MADISON MARLOW If it's a good song and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, I'm not out there t... GEORGE STRAIT I think it's a little unfair for people to say you're not paying your fair share of taxes. I... DAVID RUBENSTEIN I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I... JESSE VENTURA There's a character that I play onstage, and I can't let him loose in the supermarket when I... ALEX KAPRANOS I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on t... CAMERON VAN DER BURGH I think it's still kind of weird to memorize a line, because you're supposed to 'be'... AMY SEDARIS You know, it's not a given that there is an 'online' and 'offline' world out the... EVGENY MOROZOV She's always there for me when I need her; She's my best friend; she's just my everythin... ASHLEY OLSEN Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I try not to put anything political on the forefront of what I'm trying to do creatively. At the... MINDY KALING I always say when it comes to dream matches, that is not up to me: that's up to the WWE Universe... A.J. STYLES When my father died, my mother was still alive. And I think when your second parent dies, there is t... ROZ CHAST I definitely want to continue working in independent films - and big budget stuff as well - but ther... TRIESTE KELLY DUNN I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... SAM SMITH Every weekend, I'm on the highway to Antwerp. I need to be there, to have the calm. It's a w... RAF SIMONS I'm not a great actor - let's face it. I don't have a great deal of scope. There are cer... STEVE MCQUEEN I tend to push whatever is looking over my shoulder away when I am writing. It's once the box of... DAVID BERGEN It's not that I have compromised or anything, but it's always been important to me to take g... PATTI SMITH When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.... ALFRED HITCHCOCK When I'm acting, it's like I am the character - no one can talk to me. But I'm not so me... TOM HOLLAND I suppose I've always done my share of crying, especially when there's no other way to conta... RAY CHARLES When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thi... IRWIN THOMAS I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew a... KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR What can I say about 'The Lost Boys'? Oh my God: I love it; I hate it; I'm scared of it.... JAIME WINSTONE I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working ... MAYA ANGELOU When people say to me, 'What do you think of rap music?', my answer is, 'There's no ... JACK JONES I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I&... SHARON STONE I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. ... J. COLE I cannot save the world; that's not what I'm trying to do. I guess I'm just trying to wa... MARY J. BLIGE The honest truth is no, I don't feel like I arrived. I don't feel like I'm worthy. My pu... ADAM GREEN I think behind every great man there's got to be a great woman, whether she's your wife, you... PRINCE ROYCE I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's ... IKE TURNER I can safely say that other than macaroni and cheese, there's no processed food in my life. Ther... GINNIFER GOODWIN I like everything in my room has to be in order. If there's a wrinkle in the comforter, I'm ... JACOB LATIMORE There are people out there who hate me and who say I'm arrogant, vain, and whatever. That's ... CRISTIANO RONALDO I always say don't be scared. It's not that bad - there's always something worse - and t... TERI GARR You don't wanna walk around and say, 'I'm somebody's niece, I'm somebody's c... MARIA SHRIVER I'd rather not get into what I'm talking about lyrically. I think it's impossible not to... TRENT REZNOR I'm a professor of media studies as well as humanities, and I'm an evangelist of popular cul... CAMILLE PAGLIA There's always going to be silly stuff out there in the media that you can't worry too much ... AARON RODGERS I'm like a little kid when it comes to music. I mean, the music is always blasting wherever I am... DONATELLA VERSACE People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman a... CINDY SHERMAN I always thought 'chick lit' meant third-person contemporary funny novels, dealing with issu... SOPHIE KINSELLA I do the best I can when I'm accepting the role to say, 'This is about as much as I can do, ... BILLY CRUDUP When the game is finished, it's completely finished. I'm with my kids. Sometimes people say ... EDEN HAZARD When I'm auditioning for something, if it's not me, I really hope the part doesn't go to... RACHEL KELLER When it's all said and done, jazz with a capital J is where I'm coming from. Dexter Gordon, ... JOSE JAMES It just so happened that my agent called and said, 'There's this movie 'Pitch Perfect.... UTKARSH AMBUDKAR I'm not afraid to use my personal experiences and put them into a song. I think that's when ... PIXIE LOTT Sometimes you don't want to get married too much to a lot of rehearsing, I feel, when it comes t... SEBASTIAN STAN Everybody always asks about Jimmy Fallon. I'm sorry to say that he's very nice and there'... RACHEL DRATCH When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contr... GAIL DEVERS Any top-level athlete, it's always the same. There's always that hint of arrogance there... ... CONOR MCGREGOR If there's a theme to where I'm at in my life, it's that 'warts and all' is actu... MARTI NOXON You're not going to say anything about me that I'm not going to say about myself. There'... EMINEM I have to say when a man lives for himself, it's hard to live with him. That's pretty much t... JOHN MELLENCAMP I think it's more interesting to see people who don't feel appropriately. I relate to that, ... RYAN GOSLING The only reason I'm ever in character as 'Larry The Cable Guy' is because that's wha... LARRY THE CABLE GUY When you've been brought up in variety, I think timing is always important in your life. If I... BRUCE FORSYTH I don't set out to transmit a message. I don't write with a political point of view. There a... LOIS LOWRY
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JOHN AUGUST I think it was the ability of the theater to communicate ideas and extol virtues that drew me to it.... AUGUST WILSON We were not ready to play. The matches we won, everybody contributed and the most we lost everybody ... DON AUGUST We challenged New Trier a little bit in the second game. New Trier is just a little better than us r... DON AUGUST To their credit they never quit. It was one of those frustrating nights where we kept shooting ourse... DON AUGUST We're trying to serve more aggressive. We work very hard on serving every day in practice. If we bac... DON AUGUST We were what you would call a poor family, but we were rich in so many things. We did family things ... AUGUST WILSON I once wrote a short story called 'The Best Blues Singer in the World,' and it went like thi... AUGUST WILSON Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; maste... AUGUST WILSON Black actors are mostly locked out of the house, and there is something dreadfully wrong with that, AUGUST WILSON It's not like poker: You can't throw your hand in. I've lived a blessed life. I'm ready. AUGUST WILSON Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude t... AUGUST WILSON Near the turn of the century, the destitute of Europe sprang on the city with tenacious claws and an... AUGUST WILSON The harder you try to hold onto them, the easier it is for some gal to pull them away. AUGUST WILSON I feel sort of embarrassed I don't go to plays, but I can't keep the characters straight. I feel I s... AUGUST WILSON All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand ... AUGUST WILSON To my observation, the black middle class has failed to return the expertise and sophistication and ... AUGUST WILSON Take jazz or blues; you can't disregard that part of the African-American experience, or even try to... AUGUST WILSON When blacks made purchases in any store, they weren't given paper bags; instead, they had to carry o... AUGUST WILSON A novelist writes a novel, and people read it. But reading is a solitary act. While it may elicit a ... AUGUST WILSON It's not as if he didn't understand that much of his behavior was driven by desperation and self-hat... AUGUST KLEINZAHLER I wanted to make Jerusalem as feature film. But we couldn't finance it only through theatrical r... BILLE AUGUST There can be little doubt that fishes swimming rapidly do not make respiratory movements at all, but... AUGUST KROGH It is no doubt technically possible to study metabolism and respiration of fishes during swimming at... AUGUST KROGH From Romare Bearden I learned that the fullness and richness of everyday life can be rendered withou... 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AUGUST WILSON An August heritage / August Wilson and The Pittsburgh Cycle AUGUST WILSON assimilation that black Americans have been rejecting for the past 380 years. AUGUST WILSON Gem of the Ocean, AUGUST WILSON My plays are talky; I say shut up and listen. They are about black men talking, and in American soci... AUGUST WILSON Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your... AUGUST WILSON You look up one day and you hate the whiskey, and you hate the women, and you hate the piano. But th... AUGUST WILSON I need a woman that fits in my hand. AUGUST WILSON I don't have a musical background. But I do enjoy all kinds of music. It's an expression of the huma... AUGUST WILSON You have to make your own definition of yourself. That's crucial. When I do interviews, I am expecte... AUGUST WILSON I still don't know what works until it works, until I see it working. It wasn't through seeing other... 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AUGUST KROGH [Wilson may never see the marquee or sit in the theater that carries his name. Last month, in an int... AUGUST WILSON Writing has definitely been a refuge for me, something I needed to do in order to survive. AUGUST WILSON I feel free, man, AUGUST WILSON The fact that he was a self-made man, that he was a lieutenant in the army and became the emperor, I... AUGUST WILSON [Reviewing the play's Broadway premiere for The New York Times, Frank Rich wrote that in] Ma Rainey,... AUGUST WILSON I think it is an extraordinary honor, and it is truly a capstone of my career. I am overwhelmed. AUGUST WILSON I'm glad I finished the cycle [of plays], AUGUST WILSON I've lived a blessed life. I'm ready. AUGUST WILSON I'm standing! I'm standing! My legs stood up! AUGUST WILSON I found out life's hard but it ain't impossible. AUGUST WILSON Many is the time I looked at my daddy and seen him staring off at his hands. I got a little older I ... AUGUST WILSON it was as far away from New York as I could get. AUGUST WILSON [With the cycle done and] Radio Golf ... a war between coffin makers and undertakers, Death taking a... AUGUST WILSON He paused. ''But what if they say they're going to cut off the heads of my children? If it's just me... AUGUST WILSON The Piano Lesson. AUGUST WILSON For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I... AUGUST WILSON There's no idea in the world that is not contained by black life. I could write forever about the bl... AUGUST WILSON What comes forth from you as an artist cannot be controlled. But you have responsibilities as a glob... AUGUST WILSON I think that if I'm at home sitting doing the rewrite, I'm going to write something different than i... AUGUST WILSON You can only close if you opened. AUGUST WILSON American society as a whole has a very short memory. There are a lot of things we don't know or have... AUGUST WILSON I should take a page from my lawyer-every time I call, he's on vacation, four or five times a year. AUGUST WILSON Regardless of the medium, rewriting and more rewriting is still necessary. No one gets anything righ... AUGUST WILSON Like most people, I have this sort of love-hate relationship with Pittsburgh. This is my home, and a... AUGUST WILSON There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes. AUGUST STRINDBERG In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated. AUGUST SANDER The mob could begin to rule in a few days if these people do not get more food and water. I think it... AUGUST PILLSBURY I don't like to call myself a poet, ... Most poets are shiftless, no-account fools. AUGUST KLEINZAHLER The New Jersey character - at least this part of Jersey - is straightforward, plainspoken to the poi... AUGUST KLEINZAHLER The living generation is bound to support them, as it would an aged and slightly zany parent. AUGUST HECKSCHER We always think about the rights of the terrorists. But if there is an attack that you could have pr... AUGUST HANNING As new developments they present new dangers. AUGUST HANNING My first wife is a good woman, I still can't say nothing bad about her other than the fact that ... AUGUST WILSON I did it again. Lying guilty in a hotel room for a woman I will fail for. J.M. AUGUST I had always been fascinated with Napoleon because he was a self-made emperor; Victor Hugo said, ... AUGUST WILSON The most direct evidence of the wonderful plasticity and elasticity of red corpuscles is obtained wh... AUGUST KROGH Sorrow has the fortunate peculiarity that it preys upon itself. It dies of starvation. Since it is e... AUGUST STRINDBERG Walk in there. Tip my hat. Lay my money down on the table. Get my deed and walk on out. This time I ... AUGUST WILSON Muscles do not use oxygen at a constant rate. AUGUST KROGH During my stay in London I resided for a considerable time in Clapham Road in the neighbourhood of C... AUGUST KEKULé You have this novel idea of the world, like it’s made up of ladder hunting and test taking and fra... J.M. AUGUST Don't you try and go through life worrying about if somebody like you or not. You best be making sur... AUGUST WILSON Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, and then perhaps we shall learn the truth. AUGUST KEKULé I've never seen 'Seinfeld', never seen 'The Cosby Show'; I just don't watch ... AUGUST WILSON Keep your hands moving. Writing is rewriting. AUGUST WILSON The respiratory mechanisms of birds are definitely adapted to the function of flight, as evidenced b... AUGUST KROGH