I just don't want to be known as the actress who can sing. I want to be known as the singer who can act, too. It's great cross-promotion.
If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.
Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, each act of service perfomed all precede that goal of eternal life.
Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
Well, it seems all the fish in the rivers are dying. Could this be an act of cod?
I was always cutting dialogue out when we were rehearsing, and when I produced movies, too. I felt that people don't say things in life - they act, they do things. I always wanted my characters doing, rather than saying what they were doing - which was redundant.
Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.
With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first murder, with the first purge and execution, we have lost the revolution.
I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.
All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief.
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.
One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.
In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor.
I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act.