Charles Durning quotes
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“That place that no one knows about - horrifying things we keep secret. A lot of that is released through acting.”
-- Charles DurningSource : "Charles Durning, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 89" by Robert Berkvist, www.nytimes.com. December 25, 2012.
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“I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country.”
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“I'd like to have a decade of my life back. I dropped into a void for almost a decade.”
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“If I had my druthers, I would do only stage work.”
-- Charles DurningSource : Source: collider.com
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“Sometimes you succeed and sometimes you don't.”
-- Charles DurningSource : "PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Charles Durning". Playbill On-Line Interview, www.playbill.com. February 22, 2000.
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“You make the money in movies and TV so you can do theater. I do a play a year... somewhere.”
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“Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet. It's there one night and it's gone the next, at least with stage acting anyhow.”
-- Charles DurningSource : "PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Charles Durning". Playbill On-Line Interview, www.playbill.com. February 22, 2000.
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“I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.”
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“Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, 'He couldn't carry it.' They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana.”
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“I was born looking older - and I've been aging since I was a teenager.”
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“In order for your dreams to come true, you've got to stay awake.”
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“There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for an hour, you wouldn't want anyone to go through it.”
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“There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don't want anyone to know about.”
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“Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.”
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“I can't count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there, the real heroes.”
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“I lack confidence as an actor.”
-- Charles DurningSource : "Charles Durning, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 89" by Robert Berkvist, www.nytimes.com. December 25, 2012.
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“I never turned down anything and never argued with any producer or director.”
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“I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting.”
-- Charles DurningSource : "PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Charles Durning". Playbill On-Line Interview, www.playbill.com. February 22, 2000.
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“You're out there on a high wire without a net, and that's the way actors operate. They have to be fearless about how they work and they have to create a life for the audience in 90 minutes and make them believe.”
-- Charles DurningSource : "PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Charles Durning". Playbill On-Line Interview, www.playbill.com. February 22, 2000.
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