Itzhak Perlman Quotes

If you can read, then you can recite Shakespeare. But that's not acting.

Itzhak Perlman

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YouActingReadShakespeareThen

My grandmother took me to a play, and... there was a little girl on stage. And as soon as I saw her on stage, I thought, 'This is my job'... I was probably, like, 7 or 8. I was very young... It was 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'.

Jessica Chastain

GirlJobAmazingMeThoughtPlay

I never say I work in television, I say I get to work in television.

Andy Cohen

WorkTelevisionSayNeverGet

The U.N. can meet and discuss, but we don't need their permission.

Andrew Card

MeetNeedPermissionDiscuss

It's human nature to blame someone else for your shortcomings or upsets.

Robert Kiyosaki

NatureBlameSomeoneHuman Nature

A volume of stories, bereft of continuity in plot and character, is often unified only by the writer's obsessiveness.

Max Apple

CharacterOnlyWriterPlotVolume

I don't play favorites with people. My basic philosophy is that the only way to make the world a better place is by bringing something beautiful to every single person you run into at every moment of the day, so how can you play favorites with somebody?

John Zorn

BeautifulMomentDayPeopleWorld

Prisoners around the world have said that reading 'The Count of Monte Cristo' helped them get through their ordeal. That's something to aspire to.

Tom Reiss

WorldReadingSaidAspireCountGet

I remember my first scene with Alan Rickman, and I was anxious because he is a slight 'method' actor; as soon as he is in his cloak, he walks and talks like Snape - it is quite terrifying. But I really wanted to talk to him because 'Robin Hood' was one of my favourite films.

Tom Felton

RememberHoodActorTalkFirstHim

I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldn't have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals.

Mary Wesley

ChildrenRespectFarmRememberYou

The things that drive me crazy are coming from this place of people suffering because of people polluting into rivers or whatever. It's not simply just about systems; it's an emotional reaction to seeing animals or people suffering.

Mike White

PeopleSufferingMeCrazyDrive

For years, I have been trying to persuade people that George W. Bush, although no Einstein, is not stupid.

Molly Ivins

PeopleStupidTryingYearsBeen

To me, design is very personal. I'm not one of those people who is like, 'This is right, this is wrong.' You should do things that you love, not things that magazines tell you to do.

Bobby Berk

LovePeopleMeDesignYouWrong

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