Top 21 Nestor Carbonell Quotes
#1. There was only one elective at my college for acting, but thank God for that elective because we had a great teacher who introduced me to the Meisner technique for acting. Once I read that book, I said, 'Wow, if I could do that and have that honest moment on stage, that would be amazing.'
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#2. I worry a lot about taking care of my dependents, all those perfectly ordinary middle-class preoccupations.
Orson Welles
#3. The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.
Nate Silver
#4. Before it was revealed that my character on 'Lost' had a troubled history, a fan came up to me and said, 'Wow, you're a really nice guy.' To me, that was a compliment, having played a very villainous guy.
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#5. I'm not the kind that could lead the millionaire lifestyle. I've got a truck, and I've got my bike. I've got a lovely Labrador and two kitty-cats. I live very modestly.
Sophie B. Hawkins
#8. I was born in New York, but I'm of Cuban heritage. Maybe there's a little island in my blood.
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#9. My husband was getting his sea legs-rereading Joseph Conrad with a side order of C S Forester.
Enid Nemy
#10. For me, it's always about what's on the page. I have tremendous respect for writing. When you recognize good writing, and you're lucky enough to get it, like with 'Lost,' that's what I follow.
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#11. It's tricky to do a serialized show and not lose viewers along the way because you really have to watch every episode.
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#12. Over the years, TV has gotten so much better, especially with the advent of cable. The bar has been raised. I think HBO really set the standard with 'The Sopranos,' and then on mainstream TV, shows like 'Lost' broke amazing ground.
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#13. I love acting ... I really do. I love crawling into another character's skin. That's something that I've always, always, always, always wanted.
Amanda Tapping
#14. You think it begins to diminish with time, the pain, then it comes back and hits you with a rawness and freshness you had forgotten.
William Boyd
#15. Those scenes on the beach on 'Lost' were so much fun. When it was a whole group scene, you'd just pop in with a line here and a line there, and there was a little activity, and you essentially spend the day with your friends on the beach. What an amazing working environment.
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#16. I always like to try to bring whatever I can to what is on the page, so I like to find as much dimension as I can, in each role.
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#17. I remember, working on 'Lost,' I learned very quickly the way that I had to approach the material or even ask the director questions. It was always prefaced with, 'Would it be wrong for me to assume?' Because I didn't know where my character on 'Lost' was going.
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#18. The first step to be a good man is this: You must deeply feel the burden of the stones someone else carrying.
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#19. If it's strictly comedy, I like to bring some darkness to it. If it's strictly drama, I always like to lighten it up as well. I like to find some kind of dimension and make my characters human, so that it doesn't feel like a sketch and feels more like a slice of life.
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