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In my own work, when I start off writing a scene, I don't know which physical details are going to turn out to be meaningful. But, inevitably, certain images will stand out - you start to decide which ones are important as you go.
Celeste Ng
Work
You
Writing
Will
Important
Own
Out
Details
Physical
My Own
Scene
Know
Inevitably
Go
Off
Going
Decide
Which
Turn
Meaningful
Certain
Stand
Start
Images
Living as an actor is rather like living life on the trapezes in a circus. Every time you jump on, you have to pray that, when the time comes for you to jump off, there is another trapeze swinging your way.
Celia Imrie
Life
Time
You
Living
Every
Every Time
Way
Circus
Rather
Like
Another
Pray
Off
Jump
Your
Trapeze
Swinging
Actor
Living Life
My first job was in pantomime; I was a chorus girl in 'Dick Whittington' at 16. I got the part by ringing the director daily to see if anyone had dropped out, and it paid off eventually, when I was cast as a rat!
Celia Imrie
Daily
Director
Job
Girl
Rat
First
Pantomime
Out
Ringing
See
Cast
Had
Part
Dropped
First Job
Got
Off
Anyone
Paid
Chorus
Eventually
If I'm off the teleprompter, management doesn't get to see what I'm going to say.
Cenk Uygur
Management
Say
Teleprompter
See
Off
Get
Going
TV is a wasteland. It's a bunch of news actors that read off a prompter.
Cenk Uygur
News
TV
Read
Off
Bunch
Actor
Unfortunately, a lot of the mainstream media television is so fake, so plastic, that it's really turned off the younger generation.
Cenk Uygur
Generation
Television
Mainstream
Mainstream Media
Fake
Lot
Off
Unfortunately
Younger
Turned
Younger Generation
Really
Plastic
Media
Hard work pays off if you stay true to yourself and dedicated.
Cesaro
Work
Hard Work
You
Yourself
Stay
Stay True
True
Off
Hard
Dedicated
Pays
I started at the bottom and worked my way up. I think that shows hard work pays off. A good thing takes a while.
Cesaro
Work
Hard Work
Good
Think
Way
Good Thing
Bottom
Takes
Off
Up
While
Worked
Hard
Pays
Shows
Thing
Started
Drums all have their own particulars - each drum has a place where they sound the best - where they ring out and resonate the best, and the head surface isn't too loose or too tight, mainly so you get a good rebound off of the head.
Chad Smith
Best
Good
You
Resonate
Own
Too
Out
Ring
Head
Mainly
Drum
Drums
Loose
Tight
Sound
Surface
Off
Get
Where
Place
Each
Rebound
There's nothing more stressful than your stomach growling. But interestingly enough, some of my best writing came when I was poor and hungry - living off water and oatmeal, mind clear.
Chadwick Boseman
Best
Writing
Water
Mind
Nothing
Living
Enough
Hungry
Oatmeal
Some
More
Clear
Came
Off
Than
Stomach
Poor
Interestingly
Your
Stressful
Even after I became involved in theater and involved in TV and film, I had this sort of idea that Hollywood was off limits. There was something about L.A., the mystique of it and fear of it.
Chadwick Boseman
Fear
TV
TV And Film
About
Something
Mystique
Had
Idea
Involved
Sort
Became
Limits
Off
After
Theater
Hollywood
Even
Film
I'm not really interested in being a superhero. That's not a box I've been trying to check off.
Chadwick Boseman
Superhero
Check
Box
Been
Off
Trying
Being
Interested
Really
I'm not hard on myself - I brush those things off - but there are days when I'm pleased with myself, and days when I think I have elf ears.
Chaley Rose
Myself
Think
Ears
Pleased
Those
Brush
Days
Off
Hard
Elf
Things
I feel like a lot of entrepreneurs hear all this talk about profitability and realize they need to lower their burn. So, they just start chopping off perks and people.
Chamath Palihapitiya
People
About
Entrepreneurs
Feel
Like
Talk
Perks
Hear
Lot
Off
Just
Burn
Realize
Lower
Chopping
Profitability
Start
Need
When I write, I work off of a theme, an emotion, a narrative - thinking of it and then expounding on it.
Chance The Rapper
Work
Thinking
Emotion
Write
Narrative
Off
Theme
Then
I make my money off of touring and merchandise. And I'm lucky I have really loyal fans that understand how it works and support.
Chance The Rapper
Money
Fans
Merchandise
Touring
Support
Make
Understand
How
Off
Really
Loyal
Works
Lucky
I can't gain anything off of anyone else not succeeding.
Chance The Rapper
Else
Off
Anyone
Anyone Else
Anything
Gain
Succeeding
In my teaching, I try to expose my students to the widest range of aesthetic possibilities, so I'll offer them stories from Anton Chekhov to Denis Johnson, from Flannery O'Connor to A.M. Homes, and perhaps investigating all that strange variation of beauty has rubbed off on me. Or perhaps that's why I enjoy teaching literature.
Chang-Rae Lee
Me
Strange
Try
Beauty
Enjoy
Range
Possibilities
Variation
Johnson
Investigating
Students
Perhaps
Chekhov
Aesthetic
Off
Offer
Stories
Literature
Them
Teaching
Expose
Homes
Why
Widest
Having brought diversity to the air in the way that we have with Kerry Washington and Viola Davis toplining their shows, and then shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat' and 'Black-ish,' have been very important. I look forward to continuing in that vein.
Channing Dungey
Diversity
Important
Air
Way
Brought
Having
Davis
Vein
Like
Look
Fresh
Continuing
Been
Off
Very
Boat
Then
Forward
Shows
Washington
Viola
Kerry
The records that I like, they have life and warmth and soul in them. Like the slap back on Scotty Moore's guitar on 'Mystery Train.' You're not gonna get that in a computer. You're gonna want a live room, you're gonna wanna bounce the tape, you're gonna want real musicians, in a room, vibin' off of each other.
Channing Tatum
Life
You
Musicians
Soul
Guitar
Live
Other
Back
Moore
Records
Mystery
Computer
Bounce
Like
Real
Tape
Off
Train
Scotty
Get
Wanna
Want
Room
Them
Gonna
Warmth
Each
Slap
My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that.
Channing Tatum
Me
Living
Able
Something
Make
Off
Being
Bar
Movies
Mean
Really
Successful
I've never studied the classics, but I'd like to. My teacher offered to show me how the Greeks were able to sculpt someone perfectly. From there, you can go off and experiment - sort of like jazz. Once you learn to play anything, you can break the form and go and do something even bigger.
Channing Tatum
Teacher
Me
You
Experiment
Jazz
Once
Able
Classics
Someone
Something
Never
Studied
Perfectly
Like
Learn
Sort
How
Go
Were
Off
Offered
Greeks
Form
Anything
Bigger
Break
Sculpt
Show
Even
Play
We think the ability to rattle off people you are grateful to and thankful to is often sort of a proxy for openness to learning from others.
Charles Best
Thankful
You
Learning
Grateful
People
Think
Others
Ability
Rattle
Openness
Sort
Off
Often
Our name is not great. It doesn't evoke anything about school or teachers. It doesn't roll off the tongue or stick in your head.
Charles Best
Great
School
Our
Evoke
About
Head
Name
Stick
Off
Roll
Anything
Your
Teachers
Tongue
I've never been one for late nights, which is why I have always preferred making films to theatre. A play takes over your life: you start to feel sick at lunchtime, and by mid-afternoon, you're wishing for a bomb scare so the whole thing will be called off. Of course, if the evening goes well and you get the applause, then it's wonderful.
Charles Dance
Life
You
Theatre
Wonderful
Will
Films
Nights
Sick
Late
Scare
Never
Takes
Feel
Over
Wishing
Well
Course
Always
Making
Been
Off
Get
Goes
Which
Preferred
Then
Your
Whole
Evening
Bomb
Why
Applause
Play
Thing
Lunchtime
Start
I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this.
Charles Dance
Saying
Me
You
Think
Once
Charles
Dresser
Window
Area
Put
Coming
Off
Manager
Really
Round
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