Quotes About Act

Committing suicide would be so irrational that even had he wished to, the irrationality of the act would have prevented him.

With regards to the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act, I believe it lacks a balanced approach. It designates 79,000 acres as new wilderness while only opening up 6,000 acres for recreation.

To play is to act out and be willful, exultant and committed, as if one is assured of one's prospects.

'New Jack City' was a perfect marriage of music and film. They used a lot of musicians: myself, Christopher Williams. People that were popular because of their music were given the chance to act. And the soundtrack was incredible.

I want to do a Tennessee Williams play.

When I did 'Naanum Rowdy Thaan' with Nayanthara, she was in the peak of her career - I was apprehensive about her willingness to act with me.

My inners are not organs. They're actually mechanics, so I have a hole in my back, wind me up like the movie 'Hugo,' and then just say, 'Act,' you know?

You'll see in 'Carol' a lot of shots shot through windows, glass and awnings, with interruptions between where we are and where our object is. To me, I hope that that conjures the whole act of looking as a predicament, as something that is never easy and never completely attainable.

Kevin Nash came to me; he goes, 'Book, hey, Book, man, you know, this nWo thing is getting real hot, bro. And, man, we need some color, man.' I swear to God, that's how he said it! 'We need some color, bro.' He goes, 'We want to bring you in.' I go, 'Man, thanks, but no thanks. No way.' I said, 'I'm a solo act, man.'

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past.

I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an economic deal in the first 100 days. We have passed the largest Recovery Act in the history of the country.

The energy of live theater is indescribable. You are just in the moment for an hour and a half.

To me, theater is the mecca; if you really love to act, that's where it's the most fun, by a long shot.

The show can go on without me, and probably will, but I want to come back to act in Chicago. My wife and I just bought a condo downtown, and I want to do theater.

The great thing about theater is that you have so much time to prepare, and to fail, before presenting it to the public. In film, the high-wire act seems to be that much farther up, and the net seems to be less there.

I came from a theater background and always wanted to act.

After 'Dexter' and 'La Lupe', I would love to return to theater. I'm just ready for more.

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

I jump at any chance to go back into theater.

I spent 10 years in New York doing theater.

To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.

We were at the Schubert Theater for two years. And we were the first act.

I'd love to do a play eventually, if theaters ever open again.

The man who plays his part upon the theatre of life almost always maintains what may be called an artificial character.