Famous Quotes & Sayings

Anushka Sharma

I don't think I'm the best-looking actress around. I'm not Katrina Kaif; she is stunningly beautiful. There are some roles that might need a beautiful girl, and there would be a doubt in a director's mind whether he should cast me. But that perception will change with time. I'd like to believe actresses look better with experience.

Anupam Kher

I was failed in all other aspects of filmmaking and was completely bankrupt because my dreams were higher than realities. So I started my acting school in a small room with 12 students to prepare future actors and actresses.

Aimee Bender

I get a little myopic in the act of doing any writing. I think I'm not as interested or not as able to write about balance, because I think there's something I want to try to get at. I'm trying to get at something about the experience of growing up or about families.

Aaliyah

There is a bit of acting involved when you get in front of a camera for a video. Even when you perform onstage, you're putting on a show.

Aaliyah

Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.

Aaron Yoo

The function of the killer and watching him - whatever that says about the world in which we live - it was always more about that world than it was about the actual watching.

The activities that went on at Camp King between 1946 and the late 1950s have never been fully accounted for by either the Department of Defense or the CIA.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

In the age of activism that is clearly not going away, it would seem that some form of engagement from directors with shareholders - rather than directors simply taking their cues from management - would go a long way toward helping boards work on behalf of all shareholders rather just the most vocal.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Here's the perversity of Wall Street's psychology: The more Wall Street is convinced that Washington will act rationally and raise the debt ceiling, most likely at the 11th hour, the less pressure there will be on lawmakers to reach an agreement. That will make it more likely a deal isn't reached.

Annette Bening

Somebody said something really smart: It's like you end up being the defense attorney for your role. Your job is to defend their point of view. You're fighting for what they want. You learn that in acting school - it's Acting 1A: 'What do you want? What's in the way?'

Andy Kindler

Why did God have to make Mo'Nique a good actress? What was God thinking when he decided to give Mo'Nique acting chops. Now we have to endure Mo'Nique comedy specials.

Andy Kindler

When I started out in the late '80s, my act was pretty terrible, and for years, I kind of toiled in obscurity. I don't believe in a hierarchy in comedy; I feel that a person deserves respect the first time they get onstage, and after that, they just have to be funny and get more consistent.

Annette Bening

I think in the past, around the time that method acting became so prevalent, it used to be that American actors were thought to be the kind that would work more from the inside out, and that the English actors worked more from the outside in.

Ada Yonath

I used ribosomes from very, very robust bacteria under very, very active conditions and found a way - I actually took advantage of research done before me at the Weizmann, the same institute I am now - how to preserve their activity and their integrity while they crystallized.

Austin Stowell

I'm always a people watcher. They always had us do that at the University of Connecticut where I went for my training. I got my B.F.A. in Acting there.

Audra McDonald

'Go Back Home' encompasses not only actual geographic location but also, for me, back home in the worlds of music and theatre, and back home in terms of making albums again. There are lots of meanings to that.

We're ignoring the health and welfare of the people of this community and acting on the opinions of a vocal minority.

We selected a course of action that we thought was appropriate and enforceable.

We see these developments as tremendously useful in defeating the remaining lights class actions scattered around the country.

We see problematic actual execution. Stores are in disarray. Advertised items are not available. Scanners don't work with the bar codes. Those are things we would focus on right away to try to improve.

John Bolton

We seek a stronger, more effective organization, true to the ideals of its founders and agile enough to act in the 21st century. It will be a distinct privilege to be an advocate for Americans' values and interests at the U.N. -- and in the words of the U.N. Charter, to help maintain international peace and security.

We're talking about the loss of a very active father with his 10-year-old.

We're talking about moving to the point where computers act in advance, anticipating our needs.

We're talking about helping the ports of the European Union to respond effectively to the increase in maritime transport and the risk of saturation of port capacity. Opening up port activities would allow for further competitiveness and growth.

Richard Foreman

We're talking about giving the doctor a new power, to actively cause death. It's a right to kill.

We're talking about five or six people doing most of the technical work. They have been doing a great job with the set. And it was fortunate for us that we only needed to recruit people for the 10 acting roles; that was half the battle.

We've been looking for the funding to work on recovery of protected species, not just their protection, but actual recovery.

We need to have a police investigation to determine if any additional actions need to be taken .

We need to get off the couch. When we've done this branding, I think it will help us actively go after the jobs in those sectors.

We need to get better effort. We need to show more discipline. That's one thing Coach Meyer has definitely brought is discipline. That's something I think we really lacked in years past. There would be no consequences for their actions on or off the field. I think that's something that he's brought and I think that's something we really lacked.

James Hansen

We need to send a message to Congress and the president that we want them to take the actions that are needed to preserve climate for young people and future generations and all life on the planet.

We need to remind the Kenyan government officials that TB is entirely curable disease and action can deal with it,

Anthony Albanese

Labor believes in sustainability. We believe in acting on climate change, not just talking about it.