Clarke Peters quotes
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“I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.”
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“I like rock music. I like jazz better, though.”
-- Clarke PetersSource : "Is this it?". Interview with Adrian Lobb, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2009.
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“I'm a stage actor, and we never get to see our performances.”
-- Clarke PetersSource : "Is this it?". Interview with Adrian Lobb, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2009.
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“My first professional acting job was in 'Hair' during the Vietnam War. So I think I've always been drawn to projects with a social conscience.”
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“Our points of reference in America aren't steeped in literature; they're steeped in that five minutes between commercials.”
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“You need to make mistakes in rehearsal because that's how you find out what works and what doesn't.”
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“I first came to London as a musician, and when my group broke up, I did 'Guys and Dolls' at the Watford Palace theatre. After that, Ned Sherrin found me and brought me to the West End to do one of his shows. The work went from strength to strength, so I thought: 'This is where the world wants me; I'll stay.”
-- Clarke PetersSource : "Clarke Peters: 'Lester Freamon's the guy I'd like to grow up to be'". Interview with om Lamont, www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2010.
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“Some film actors want to sit back and look at every scene and all that crap. No, you're an actor - tell the story, and when it's told, there's another one to tell.”
-- Clarke PetersSource : "Is this it?". Interview with Adrian Lobb, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2009.
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“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.”
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“I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise”
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Source : "A Stormy Relationship With the Scale: an Interview With Al Roker". Interview with Bonnie Taub-Dix, bonnietaubdix.com.
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Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial
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“I have a passion to do theater.”
Source : "Amy Irving Is Over Being an Ingenue". Interview with Marshall Fine, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 30, 2009.
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“My background is in theater. I was a theater major in college.”
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“I had an interest, for as long as I could remember, in theater.”
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