A Quote by Errol Morris
I think calling someone a character is a compliment.
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As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character.
Everyone is afraid of you and when folk are afraid of a person it usually means the person is cruel in some way, and I think you are cruel, Miss Marquess, but please don’t punish me for saying it. I think you know you’re cruel. I think you like being cruel. I think calling you cruel is the same as calling someone else kind. And I don’t want to run errands for someone cruel.
Who doesn't love a compliment? But every compliment comes with a warning: Beware—Do Not Overuse. Go ahead, sniff your compliment. Take a little sip. But don't chew, don't swallow. If you do, you risk abandoning the good work that inspired the compliment in the first place. If that happens, maybe it was the compliment and not the job well done that you were aiming for all along.
The biggest compliment? I would say, "You helped me." I think in terms of life, not just with acting. But certainly with storytelling, being able to hold up a mirror and allow someone to relate to a story and see something in themselves to the extent that you're in service to another human being - I don't know why else we're here. To know that I helped someone would be the biggest compliment I could ever receive.
Always compliment someone if you can, I think.
I think the biggest compliment an actor can have is if people forget who they're watching and get lost in the character.
I think the ultimate compliment that someone can give you is that you're a technician.
Everyone knows that a compliment goes a very long way, and you never know what someone's going through in their life - giving them a compliment might mean the world to them.
What people don't understand is that calling someone too skinny is the same as calling someone too fat; it's not a nice feeling.
When someone acknowledges you for something that they think about you, it's a huge compliment.
If you think a complimentary thought about someone, don't just think it. Dare to compliment people and pass on compliments to them from others.
Calling has this weight that somehow we think that your calling is fixed. That your calling is this line that you’ve finally found and now you're on that track and that’s what you’re gonna do forever and maybe that's the case. But I feel like calling has much more to to do with the moment that you’re in.
I think the fact that Rajamouli sir wrote the character of 'Baahubali' for me has been the biggest compliment in itself.
The biggest compliment I get is that I don't sound like anybody else. I think I value that as the highest compliment.
When someone accuses you of being 'childish', I think you should take it as a compliment.
You can say "ass," but you can't say "asshole." That's why I always cringe when a character in a TV show refers to someone as an "ass." Unless you're British, calling someone an ass really doesn't work. But those are the rules of television. You can be a dirtbag, but not a scumbag.
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