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Real Life Quotes (page 17)

Anne Tyler quote: "In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I..."
In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them. Anne Tyler
I expect that any day now, I will have said all I have to say; I'll have used up all my characters, and then I'll be free to get on with my real life. Anne Tyler
It's like real life: We don't get a preview of what's coming up, thank God, and we don't build our own character from what we're going to be informed with in the future. Frances Conroy
Joseph Conrad quote: "A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of..."
A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love. Joseph Conrad
Suddenly we saw that you could do plays about real life, and people had been doing them for some time, but they weren't always getting to the audiences. They were performed in little, tiny, theatres. Timothy West
As an actor you have to have a strong vivid imagination as you're working and when the camera's rolling, but there's certainly a part of you that is aware of real life, that you're making a movie. John Hawkes
I plot the first 5 or 6 chapters quite minutely, and also the end. So I know where I am going but not how I'm going to get there, which gives characters the chance to develop organically, as happens in real life as you get to know a person. Joanna Trollope
I knew nothing of the real life of a musician, but I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people, playing my accordion. Lawrence Welk
I punch a lot of guys on set. It's much easier than in real life as your hands don't hurt afterwards. The key is that you miss. Timothy Olyphant
Rachel Weisz quote: "You have your real life and then you have your work."
You have your real life and then you have your work. Rachel Weisz
Rachel Weisz quote: "In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to..."
In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism. Rachel Weisz
Nancy Travis quote: "I wish my real life could be as simple and scripted as it is..."
I wish my real life could be as simple and scripted as it is on television. Nancy Travis
Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through. Edward James Olmos
Simone Weil quote: "Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of..."
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life. Simone Weil
This friend of mine said he was surprised to find that - I don't think it's quite a majority - a bigger percentage of actors are introverts than extroverts. It was a big surprise to him. Now, I know me, and I'll do anything if I'm playing a character. Or anything that's true to the character, anyway. But in real life I'm a little more withdrawn. Jackie Weaver

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