Nicholas Ray Quotes

I never try to show an actor what to do or what to say. He has to find out for himself. The role of the director is to guide him to that state, and then to implement it.

Nicholas Ray

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 7, 1911 - June 16, 1979

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Once I started on 'Frances' I discovered it was literally a bottomless well. It devastated me to maintain that for eighteen weeks, to be immersed in this state of rage for twelve to eighteen hours a day. It spilled all over, into other areas of my life.

Jessica Lange

LifeDayMeMy LifeOverRage

My dad would take me downtown, and I'd stand backstage and watch him in the vaudeville pit band. I was 6 or 7. He was a musician, a band leader, a wonderful clarinetist and saxophone player.

Joel Grey

LeaderMeStandBandHimWonderful

I play so many weirdos in movies that it's nice to play an attractive woman.

Jennifer Coolidge

WomanPlayNiceMoviesAttractive

People have always taken photos of themselves, either with camera timers or by handing their Nikons over to strangers in foreign countries and then paying large sums to get them back.

Meghan Daum

PeopleCameraStrangersBackOver

As for waxing, I've never waxed in my life and I never would. I'm extremely Welsh, so I draw the line at removing body hair.

Matthew Rhys

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Sense of humor is important in life, not just in clothing. How boring to live a life in beige.

Jean Pigozzi

LifeLiveHumorSense Of HumorSense

I haven't accomplished everything that I want to yet in my career, that's why I'm still playing. I just know that I still have something left inside of me to accomplish, and I don't know exactly what that is. Hopefully, I'll know one day soon.

Mary Pierce

DayMeAccomplishCareerKnowWant

The sexy moments for me, I wasn't thinking of them as sexy. I was thinking of them as more specific to my character. So it was necessary for my character's development in the movie, so that's how I played it.

Michelle Trachtenberg

CharacterMeThinkingSexyMoments

My son, who is five, was adopted from Ethiopia. My daughter was adopted from Guatemala. Her parents died of typhoid and malaria. We got her from an orphanage. They are the lights of my life.

Lisa Kristine

LifeSonDaughterParentsMy Life

I was at a Dolly Parton concert when I was about 9 years old. I saw her at the Ohio State Fair, and it was my first real concert that I'd been to. I saw that crowd and how they reacted and how great of a performer she was and the band. Just the energy of the whole thing collectively really captured me.

Jay DeMarcus

GreatMeEnergyBandSheFirst

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

Josh Billings

TruthTruth IsAlwaysBeenDemand

The style of politics that Damian McBride represents has been discredited, and Labour has moved on.

Douglas Alexander

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