Tina Fey on acting
Tina Fey110 quotes“An acting teacher once told me, ‘Greet everything with yes… Even if you abandon one idea for another one, saying yes allows you to move forward.’”
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Obviously, as an adult I realize this girl-on-girl sabotage is the third worst kind of female behavior, right behind saying “like” all the time and leaving your baby in a dumpster.
Tina FeyTina Fey Now every girl is expected to have: Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy.
Tina FeyTina Fey If you ever start to feel good about yourself… …. they have this thing called the internet.
Tina FeyTina Fey You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.
Tina FeyTina Fey Everybody kind of gets to be the person they didn’t get to be.
Tina FeyTina Fey To me YES, AND means don’t be afraid to contribute. Always make sure you’re adding something to the discussion. Your initiations are worthwhile.
Tina FeyTina Fey My ability to turn good news into anxiety is rivaled only by my ability to turn anxiety into chin acne.
Tina FeyTina Fey In my experience, the hardest thing about having someone “come out” to you is the “pretending to be surprised” part.
Tina FeyTina Fey Sometimes if you have a difficult decisin to make, just stall until the answer presents itself.
Tina FeyTina Fey And I can see Russia from my house.
Tina FeyTina Fey Read! When your baby is finally down for the night, pick up a juicy book like Eat, Pray, Love or Pride and Prejudice or my personal favorite,Understanding Sleep Disorders: Narcolepsy and Apnea.
Tina FeyTina Fey It was reported that Guy Ritchie has cast his wife Madonna in a small walk-on role in his new movie, Revolver. Madonna will play the part of the woman who ruins the film.
Tina FeyTina Fey Not only is my wardrobe totally average, my body’s totally average. I love all the candy-fantasy fulfillment of Sex and the City.
Tina FeyTina Fey I think part of picking where you live in New York is accepting who you are. Really looking at yourself and going, ‘Yeah, I’m not cool enough for the West Village.’
Tina FeyTina Fey I want every day to be the most boring news day ever. I want every day to be about spelling bee champions and baby basketball. It’s better to have no comedy material than a horrific news day.
Tina FeyTina Fey It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV.
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
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Sometimes when you’re acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.
Chadwick BosemanChadwick Boseman I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.
Chadwick BosemanChadwick Boseman I’m an artist. Artists don’t need permission to work. Regardless of whether I’m acting or not, I write. I write when I’m tired in fact, because I believe your most pure thoughts surface.
Chadwick BosemanChadwick Boseman I would love to have an ocean of love right now. That said, the number-one rule of acting is, ‘Do not seek approval from the audience.’ People don’t realize that. You can’t do stuff to get applause. You have to live in the truth.
Chadwick BosemanChadwick Boseman The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don’t get it, I can’t do it.
Morgan FreemanMorgan Freeman Don’t think for a moment that I’m really like any of the characters I’ve played. I’m not. That’s why it’s called ‘acting’.
Leonardo DiCaprioLeonardo DiCaprio With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it’s just not acting. It’s lying.
Johnny DeppJohnny Depp
