Jay Ellis Quotes

I read the script first to get the perspective on the whole story, the writing, and how the character I'm auditioning for is talked about by other people or relates to other people; from there, I go into the sides.

Jay Ellis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 27, 1981

Topics

CharacterPerspectivePeopleWriting

When I first met Antonin Scalia, I was a small child with one brown ponytail atop my head. Which is odd, because I was a full-grown woman, and my hair was short and blond. Still, sitting on the black leather sofa in his chambers, I remember shrinking.

Joan Larsen

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Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till he has established communication with the soil by the loving and magnetic touch of his soles to it.

John Burroughs

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The first play I did was 'Philadelphia Here I Come.' Can you imagine that? I am 37 years old I am doing my second professional play and I am on stage with John Malkovich. Joan Allen, Laurie Metcalf and Gary Sinise. One huge name after another. I was terrified and petrified, could hardly get a word out of my mouth.

John Mahoney

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You know, I've always just made the choices on my characters based on my connection to them, and I've made decisions that maybe other people haven't understood; why I passed on something, for instance.

Summer Glau

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I love the spiritual side of religion, but the church, for me, is a place where I feel very repressed.

Julia Davis

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Now it's hard to pick up any copy of 'Wired' that doesn't mention YouTube.

Jawed Karim

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Bill Veeck was a charismatic and somewhat eccentric owner-fan during the post-WWII years.

Don Yaeger

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It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life.

Christopher Lasch

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No politician would ever comment on a cartoon unless it was to show what a great sense of humour they have, that they can laugh at themselves.

Chris Riddell

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I am not too proud of having my name associated with some of my restaurants.

Colonel Sanders

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I did private study for about a month, five days a week, six hours a day. I came to understand the character in ways that I never would've previous to that. I was so innocent in respect to ways of creating characters.

Corin Nemec

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Acting is a humiliating job, from start to finish.

Claire Danes

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