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I did think that acting would be much more like being a pop star. Now I'm here, I can't think of anything more different.

~Felicity Jones

Topics: Acting Anything Being Did Different Here Like More Much Now Pop Pop Star Star Think Would

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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.

~Felicity Kendal

Topics: About Acting Behind Else Going Good Good Writing Got His Love Mask Someone Thing Why Words Work Writing You I Love

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I think in the acting world you either manage that transition to older roles, or you stick with what you've always done and then discover nobody can bear you doing it as an older person.

~Felicity Kendal

Topics: Acting Always Bear Discover Doing Done Either Manage Nobody Older Person Roles Stick Then Think Transition World You I Think

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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.

~Felicity Kendal

Topics: Acting Acting Career Before Career Company Courtesy Down England Foot Headed India Land Long Parents Performing Players Set Shakespeare Stage Started Travelling Up Up And Down

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Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.

~Ferdinand Marcos

Topics: Accept Act Acting Alone Always Coin Everything He Leader Leadership Loneliness Must Other Side Who

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To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.

~Fernando Pessoa

Topics: Acting Choose Concern Ever Life My Life Ways

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Our Revolution emerged where it was least expected by the empire, in a hemisphere where it was used to acting like an all-powerful master.

~Fidel Castro

Topics: Acting All-Powerful Emerged Empire Expected Hemisphere Least Like Master Our Revolution Used Where

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I caught the acting bug from my dad.

~Finn Wittrock

Topics: Acting Bug Caught Dad

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Sometimes you're watching a great film actor, and if you stand 10 feet away from them, you're like, 'God, they're terrible. They're not doing anything.' And then you see the close-up, and it's so nuanced, and so much expression is happening. They were acting for that camera and for no one else.

~Finn Wittrock

Topics: Acting Actor Anything Away Camera Close-Up Doing Else Expression Feet Film God Great Great Film Happening Like Much See Sometimes Stand Terrible Them Then Watching Were You

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I started writing when I started acting professionally because, with acting, there's so much time when you're not working, and there's so much rejection and so little you have control of. Writing is something that you can do, and no one can tell you not to.

~Finn Wittrock

Topics: Acting Because Control Little Much Professionally Rejection So Much Time Something Started Tell Time Working Writing You

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