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If one thing that bothers me about acting, it's that there's no clear-cut number one. The closest you can get is winning an Academy Award, and I'm going to work on that if it takes me the next 50 years. To my peers, it will mean that I'm the best!

~Dana Hill

Topics: About Academy Academy Award Acting Award Best Bothers Closest Get Going Me Mean Next Number One Thing Peers Takes Thing Will Winning Work Years You

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My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is no more important than what one of my brothers does-he works in a shoe repair shop. If my career ever tapers off, I'll go to college.

~Dana Hill

Topics: Acting Brothers Career College Ever Go Important Keeps Love Love Is Makes Me More Mother Off Perspective Realize Repair She Shoe Shop Than Things Works

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Now that I'm more mature, in a funny way, I can even appreciate that I've bad to become more aware of my body. Since I've chosen acting as my career, I have to keep my weight down anyway-I've been used to it for years, so it's no problem. And there's nothing I can't do.

~Dana Hill

Topics: Acting Appreciate Aware Bad Become Been Body Career Chosen Down Even Funny Funny Way Keep Mature More No Problem Nothing Now Problem Since Used Way Weight Years I Can

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Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had the experience of being bad at artistic endeavor.

~Dana Spiotta

Topics: Acting Artistic Bad Being Definitely Did Endeavor Experience Had High High School School Terrible Try Yes

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I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a performance and Shakespeare plays where you have to fight.

~Danai Gurira

Topics: Acting Combat Fight Got How Learn Nyu Our Part Performance Plays Shakespeare Situations Swords Training Use Where You

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Actors may not realize the extent of their own power. Acting is creation. It's them bringing their own stuff, letting it marinate in their soul, in their creative engine.

~Danai Gurira

Topics: Acting Actor Bringing Creation Creative Engine Extent Letting May Own Power Realize Soul Stuff Them

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I started going to acting school in my senior year in high school, and I remained in acting school through four years of college.

~Dane Dehaan

Topics: Acting Acting School College Four Going High High School Remained School Senior Senior Year Started Through Year Years

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By the end of an intense four years at UCLA, I had co-authored a new math proof, which the media, in fact, loved. As it turned out, math itself blazed my entry back into the spotlight and consequently into wonderful acting jobs like 'The West Wing' and others. You just never know, do you?

~Danica Mckellar

Topics: Acting Back Consequently End Entry Fact Four Had In Fact Intense Itself Jobs Just Know Like Loved Math Media Never New Others Out Proof Spotlight Turned West West Wing Which Wing Wonderful Years You Ucla

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I love acting. Acting is a true love of mine, acting and math. Although they are both creative, they use very different sides of your brain. And I love both. Acting is my first love, and that's my main career, it really is.

~Danica Mckellar

Topics: Acting Although Both Brain Career Creative Different Different Sides First First Love Love Main Math Mine Really Sides True True Love Use Very Your I Love

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When you do a lot of acting your entire life, you see the entire set from one point of view. To have a chance to step back and pull it all together is really exciting. You want to do it all; you want to have a hand in everything.

~Danica Mckellar

Topics: Acting Back Chance Entire Entire Life Everything Exciting Hand Life Lot Point Point Of View Pull Really See Set Step Together View Want You Your

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