Acting Quotes

[If you are high enough in your organization, you can simply choose when to make yourself unavailable. Bryan, one of McKinsey's top consultants, says he has given up cell phones and computers, letting others handle his communications.] I never had time to think... It's amazing how much you can get done if you don't spend all your time interacting. - Lowell Bryan

[i]t is a defense to any offense that the accused was acting pursuant to orders unless the accused knew the orders to be unlawful or a person of ordinary sense and understanding would have known the orders to be unlawful. - Martial

[His acting] remains forever fixed in a time that never dates. - Vincent Canby

[Had acting come up empty for him,] I'd be teaching history at a prep school... And that's still my backup plan. - Steve Carell

[Getting chased by fans through the streets of Paris and Tokyo was] frustrating and distracting... There's no real control over how the media or the public perceives you. . . . It was a reflective time for me. - Leonardo DiCaprio

[Exubera] is a fast-acting insulin and right now, most of the market is going towards long-lasting insulin, like Lantus. - Albert Rauch

[England's lawyers have argued that she and others in her unit were acting on orders from military intelligence to] soften up ... they were joking around, having some fun. - Lynndie England

[Enacting reform] has to be done step by step, ... All these reforms, you can make good arguments for them, but there are bigger fish to fry as far as both parties are concerned. - Bill Whalen

[Curly] was very introverted and he drank a lot, and that's when he would come out -- either that, or in a performance... But he would hang with his stray dogs. And he was a big womanizer. I think it was overcompensation for being bald and heavy, and acting like a buffoon. He wanted to feel attractive. - Michael Chiklis