John Michael Higgins Quotes

Comedy has to do with holding and releasing tension; it's very technical. It's more technical than drama.

John Michael Higgins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 12, 1963

Topics

ComedyDramaMoreTensionTechnical

I'm always writing, even when I'm not at my desk. I write on my hands. I used to write on my kids' hands, too, but they don't let me any more. When I'm driving I sometimes write all the way up my arms.

Jodi Picoult

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I must confess I took a couple or three jobs just for the money.

Jessica Walter

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Ability is a poor man's wealth.

John Wooden

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Gymnastics demands so much of our time. We train all week and travel and compete on weekends. The people you're surrounded by really become your second family, your best friends, your sisters. My coach was like a second mother for me.

Amanda Borden

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I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.'

Tom Perrotta

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To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen.

Rupert Sanders

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You don't get to make Westerns every day.

Mary Steenburgen

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I'll be working with kids for the rest of my life.

Michael Phelps

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Depending on the season, you'll find me outdoors doing an activity.

Jason Statham

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I don't read anything about my movies before or after I do films, or any part of show business. I think that keeps me in a kind of place where I can do the work that I need to do.

Christopher Guest

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I'm tough, I'm pushy, I'm really loud. I used to spend a lot of time thinking about it. But we only have so much brain capacity, so if I'm spending part of my brain thinking about how I'm acting, A, I'm not spending all of my brain doing, and B, I'm not actually in that moment.

Christine Quinn

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In this new world where art is willfully misinterpreted to score points and to distract, simply doing the work of an artist has become a political act.

Corey Stoll

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