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Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - influence his acting to a much greater extent than commonly recognized. Lee Strasberg
Human Being Our Recognized Physical Mental Habits Emotional Most Greater His Than Personal Crafts Human Being Influence Commonly Much Acting Extent
The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way to describe. Lee Strasberg
Try Own Way Those Some His Blood Arts Which Creates Flesh Describe Actor Things
I'm lucky to be surrounded by incredibly talented people at Pixar, of course, and I learn a lot from them each and every day. Lee Unkrich
Day Every Day People Every Incredibly Talented Talented People Learn Course Lot Surrounded Pixar Them Lucky Each
When a dragonfly flutters by, you may not realize, but it's the greatest flier in nature. It can hover, fly backwards, even upside down. Louie Schwartzberg
Nature You Fly Backwards Down Greatest Hover May Upside Upside Down Realize Even Dragonfly
The concept of muse is alien to me. To speak of a muse implies there is a couple in which one person is the objectified passive element - there to help the creative, active, often male part of the duo to create. A muse is very passive. Who wants a muse? I don't want a muse. Luca Guadagnino
Me Creative Speak Alien Active Part Implies Concept Couple Passive Male Very Duo Person Often Want Wants Which Create Help Who Element Muse
The prince in 'The Leopard' was a very complex character - at times autocratic, rude, strong - at times romantic, good, understanding - and sometimes even stupid, and above all, mysterious. Luchino Visconti
Good Character Strong Sometimes Rude Stupid Understanding Complex Complex Character Above Mysterious Prince Very Times Autocratic Romantic Leopard Even
I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life. Luis Bunuel
Life Wait Final Entire Entire Life Only Erase Amnesia
There's nothing like simple spicy egg bhurji. Madhur Bhandarkar
Simple Nothing Spicy Like Egg
We think birth is a miracle and death is a tragedy, but really they're flip sides of the same coin - anything born is gonna die. Mario Van Peebles
Death Think Birth Sides Born Miracle Tragedy Die Same Anything Gonna Really Flip Coin
There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard. Martin Scorsese
Simple Hard Thing
If I'm not complaining, I'm not having a good time, hah hah! Martin Scorsese
Time Good Complaining Good Time Having Having A Good Time
People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other. Martin Scorsese
People Other About More Know Talking Understand Cultures Each Start
I've been to North Africa many times. Martin Scorsese
Been Times North North Africa Africa Many
It's important for women to embrace their beauty and sexuality. Females are victimized and made to feel ashamed of their bodies, or they can't be smart and beautiful, and I try to work against that. Melina Matsoukas
Work Beautiful Women Smart Try Made Important Beauty Embrace Sexuality Feel Females Victimized Against Ashamed Bodies
When you're with your wife, you don't say I love you to your wife every day but the ways you look at her and your actions are another way to communicate. Don't focus on dialogue, only focus on what you're expressing. Michel Hazanavicius
Love Day You Every Day Communicate Wife Focus Every Way Say Ways Only Look Another Another Way Dialogue Love You Your Actions Expressing Her
Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing. Michelangelo Antonioni
Nothing About Nobody Like Talking Being Hollywood Nowhere
I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument. Mike Figgis
Work Musical Musical Instrument Like Instrument Were Camera
Limitations are inspiring: they lead to thinking, so I don't mind them. Mike Nichols
Mind Thinking Inspiring Lead Limitations Them
You can always tell gifted and highly intelligent people as they always turn to the past. Any young person who knows anything that happened before 1980, or 1990, or 2000 for that matter, is immediately someone who is intelligent, probably creative, maybe a writer. Nobody who is drawn to the past and learning about the past is not gifted. Mike Nichols
You Creative Learning People Matter Past Before Young Immediately Drawn Gifted Tell About Someone Writer Highly Nobody Knows Always Intelligent Intelligent People Person Any Maybe Anything Happened Young Person Turn Who
Never let people see what you want, because they will not let you have it. Never let anybody see what you feel, because it gives them too much power. You're probably better off not showing weakness whenever you can avoid it, because they'll go for you. Mike Nichols
You People Better Too Much Will Power Too Weakness See Gives Better Off Never Feel Because Go Off Anybody Whenever Want Them Much Avoid Showing
I worked with Jack Nitzsche for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' and we'd booked a symphony orchestra. He dismissed them and came with a little man who poured water into glasses of different sizes to make a glass harmonica. And most of the music for the film was that - with some Indian flutes and some drums. Milos Forman
Music Man Water Glasses Harmonica Symphony Symphony Orchestra Booked Indian Some Nest Poured He Glass Over Most Drums Make Cuckoo Came Jack Orchestra Different Sizes Little Them Worked Dismissed Little Man Flew Who Film
Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know. Milos Forman
Me You Humor Important Nation Only Know Survive To Survive Centuries
I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone. Milos Forman
Democracy You Free Free Press Cornerstone Press Tell Opinion In My Opinion
We never see the fancy schools with the blazers and ties in films about Africa! But, in fact, we too have class and elitism. Mira Nair
Class Films Too See About Fact Never Schools Ties Africa In Fact Fancy Elitism
Every frame and every scene has to have an intention. Mira Nair
Every Frame Scene Intention
I'm inspired by people that are marginal. I'm excited by their resilience. Mira Nair
People Inspired Excited Marginal Resilience
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