#arts

Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way around. Because in a comedy you look for what's serious. I think that's true. Sometimes things are really funny if you're absolutely earnest. If you're really serious, it's hilarious. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#aims #always #around #because #comedy

I don't see on television the kind of blood and guts and body parts blown apart that maybe you're referring to, but it certainly is in that BATMAN feature and I found it very offensive. ↗

— Burt Ward

#batman #blood #blown #body #certainly

It's a whole different kind of anxiety. But the great thing about doing a theatre job is that once the ball starts rolling you just have to go with it, it's inexorable. ↗

— Emily Watson

#anxiety #ball #different #different kind #doing

In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don't know, but they do. ↗

— Earl Warren

#hearts #how #i #irresistible #just

You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement is. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#better #changes #engagement #lives #people

That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself. ↗

— Naomi Watts

#dress #express #getting #house #how

For me to train and get ready for racing, I can't just sit in the gym all the time and that's the way it is. Responsibility starts and stops with me. My main gig is grand prix driving, that's what I do and I need to keep that in the forefront of my mind. ↗

— Mark Webber

#forefront #get #gig #grand #grand prix

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#begins #civilization #cultivation #earth #farmers

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic. ↗

— Simone Weil

#any #arts #considers #critic #every

In the Federal Government, electronic records are as indispensable as their paper counterparts for documenting citizens' rights, the actions for which officials are accountable, and the nation's history. ↗

— Allen Weinstein

#actions #citizens #counterparts #documenting #electronic