Pawel Szajda quotes

I have always been interested in theatre and after reading the script for THE INFLICTION OF CRUELTY, I thought that being part of this show and the Fringe would be a great experience.
-- Pawel Szajda

#Reading #Theatre #Would Be

When I first moved to New York I had been trying to work on anything and everything I could. From extra work and commercials to short and student films so I could learn in front of a camera.
-- Pawel Szajda

#New York #Trying #Firsts

One day I received a call from my agent, he asked me to put myself on tape for a film that was being cast in LA. I was thrilled at the possibility alone.
-- Pawel Szajda

#One Day #Tape #Agents

Mainly, I feel very fortunate to be able to do what I love.
-- Pawel Szajda

#Able #Feels #Fortunate

When I was in school I would try and take all my classes early in the morning or at night so that I would have most of the day to go out on auditions.
-- Pawel Szajda

#Morning #School #Night

I decided to pursue an acting career after having had an incredible experience working on a play in high school.
-- Pawel Szajda

#School #Play #Careers

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.

I really wished he hadn't made me hate to read the Bible. Having it shoved down my throat all my life had made me bitter toward reading it. I believed it, but my dad had used it to his benefit too many times and ignored the parts in there that would point out his wrongs. Like judging Beau without even knowing him. That was in the Bible too.

For me, filmmaking combines everything. That's the reason I've made cinema my life's work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.

I was so scared of going back to the theatre after 'Hamlet.' I didn't know if I'd do a play again because I was afraid of the power of it.

Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a large extent.

Is she perverted like me? Would she go down on you in a theatre?

I really look up to actors like Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett who have a strong background in theatre.

There are things that happen and leave no discernible trace, are not spoken or written of, though it would be very wrong to say that subsequent events go on indifferently, all the same, as though such things had never been.

I hoped there would be a better process. But it is final -- I will not participate .

Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.