Mark Margolis Quotes

I was a student of Stella Adler and then later Lee Strasberg, and they were into sensory work. At its best, acting is not about words - even when the words are important.

Mark Margolis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 26, 1939

Topics

WorkBestWordsActingStudentEven

Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten.

Andre Breton

LearningI AmLearnIllusionTry

I've always felt that, when I looked at my tombstone, it shouldn't say, 'Mehmet Oz banged out 10,000 open-heart operations.' I've probably done 5,000. Am I any better at it than 10,000? He shook his head. It's just a different number on the tombstone.

Mehmet Oz

BetterDoneSayAlwaysOutHead

We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified.

Maxine Peake

CountryStillWhoIgnoredConstantly

I don't want to be jack of all, master of none. I want to focus completely and excel as an actor with every project.

Mawra Hocane

FocusWantActorProjectMaster

It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists.

John Yoo

WarWorthLimitationsAgainstAsking

When I came to University of California, San Francisco to work on infectious disease, I looked around to different options, and malaria was particularly interesting and fascinating to me. It's amazing that after 100 years of study of this little parasite, we've not been able to effectively control it.

Joseph DeRisi

WorkAmazingMeControlInteresting

Anyone who spends time on the road knows there's something special about being in the middle of Utah or Nebraska - you sit with it, and there's a peace about it. You can go left or right, and it opens up all kinds of doors. You take your own path.

Jason Momoa

PathTimePeaceRoadDoorsYou

Comics? Honestly, that's more a matter of nostalgia for me. I think most of that energy has gone to my love of literature and my love of film.

Jonathan Lethem

LoveMeEnergyThinkLiterature

I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.

Dick Wolf

LoveBusinessPeopleChanceFail

When I was 12, I used to be the best friend of the most beautiful girls, but just the best friend. They would always come to me to cry about a guy who broke their heart, and I would just be sitting there thinking, 'I wish I was the guy and not the best friend.'

Diego Luna

FriendHeartBeautifulBestMeWish

As a director, you're a bit of a dictator. But I feel that you're a better director if you're open to other people's ideas. It means that it's tougher: you have to be in a choosing process; you have to put the ego aside. As long as everybody's aiming in the same direction... I'm open to my main partners in the film crew.

Denis Villeneuve

PeopleIdeasEgoDirectionBetter

I'm not a nervous flier. I realize it's still the safest form of travel.

Cheryl Ladd

TravelNervousRealizeStillForm

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