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Anna D. Shapiro Quotes

So many of my friends are actors, and so many of them are great, and they're losing jobs to people who have never been in plays before; I understand that sometimes I'm part of the problem. But I'm trying to figure out how to balance it.

Anna D. Shapiro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: 1967

Topics

Great Balance Losing People Problem

My acting has always been in the world of comedy, but in my writing, other than writing sketches, I really am drawn to the balance between comedy and drama. I like things that sort of toe that line of one minute you're in this emotional space and then all of the sudden something happens.

Jim Rash

Balance Space Writing World Comedy

My father worked in Chrysler's drafting department and used to bring home tracing paper, No. 2 pencils, and masking tape from the office. With these, I used to trace off drawings from the 'Superman' and 'Batman' comics and put them up on my bedroom walls.

Jim Starlin

Father Home Walls Superman Office

Few American presidents have been unhappier or lonelier in office than Woodrow Wilson.

Jill Lepore

American Office Been Than Few

All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to play the furthest out things.

Sun Ra

Me Appreciate Doing Play Want Out

I went through a brief phase when I thought of other career options: being an air hostess and even a psychologist. But eventually, my destiny led me to acting. Moreover, my dad being an actor, I have grown up in a very filmi environment. I was encouraged to watch films since I was a child.

Shraddha Kapoor

Child Me Destiny Thought Acting Air

Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be alive, even when the current president is occupying the White House.

Tony Campolo

Life Time America House White Alive

No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film.

Robert Adams

Good Sleep Night You Place Boring

A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress.

Lord Byron

Architecture Man Dress Poetry Three

When I look back, some of the greatest people in the history of the world have created things where paths have never been with such resiliency.

Joy Mangano

History People World Look Back

Italian style is a natural attitude. It is about a life of good taste. It doesn't have to be expensive. Simple but with good taste. Luxury is possible to buy. Good taste is not.

Diego Della Valle

Life Good Attitude Style Simple

I'm near the beach, and I'm definitely a beach bum. For me, going to training and then going to the beach is kind of an escape for me to get away from everything and relax. It's really done wonders for me.

Brendan Schaub

Beach Training Me Relax Done Escape

O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!

William Shakespeare

God Me World Seem Weary How