William Mapother Quotes

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• I've made a number of independent films that didn't receive theatrical distribution, that a lot of people haven't heard of, and as a result, I've conditioned myself to go into small independent films with the expectation that they will not, and therefore, I have to find my reward elsewhere.

  William Mapother

  Independent, Numbers, People

  "William Mapother Exclusive Interview ANOTHER EARTH". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 19, 2011.

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• In the summer of 2009, I was at the Shakespeare lab at the public theater in New York.

  William Mapother

  Summer, New York, Labs

  "William Mapother Exclusive Interview ANOTHER EARTH". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 19, 2011.

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• I would not call myself Catholic anymore, but I went to 16 years of Catholic school: grade school, high school and college.

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  School, College, Years

  "Going on From Lost, Actor William Mapother Heads to Another Earth". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 18, 2011.

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• Every actor has their own method, so I'm not suggesting what works for me will work for everybody else.

  William Mapother

  Actors, Method, Suggesting

  Source: collider.com

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• I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories.

  William Mapother

  Possibility, Theory, English Major

  "Going on From Lost, Actor William Mapother Heads to Another Earth". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 18, 2011.

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• I love sci-fi, especially when it thrives on a thought-provoking story, rather than explosions.

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  Thought Provoking, Stories, Sci Fi

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• I love classical music and often listen to symphonies or opera in the morning.

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  Morning, Symphony, Opera

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• Generally a wise actor will be very careful about the person to whom he gives that power.

  William Mapother

  Wise, Giving, Actors

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I can be a bit of a science geek. I tend more towards reading about brain science, neuroscience.

  William Mapother

  Reading, Brain, Geek

  "Going on From Lost , Actor William Mapother Heads to Another Earth". Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 18, 2011.

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• I guess every actor has certain emotions they can access easier than others.

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  Actors, Emotion, Easier

  "William Mapother Exclusive Interview ANOTHER EARTH". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 19, 2011.

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• If you think about filmmaking as an entire spectrum, starting with the writer and ending with maybe the marketing department, the actor's contribution is a rather slender band.

  William Mapother

  Thinking, Marketing, Actors

  "Going on From Lost, Actor William Mapother Heads to Another Earth". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 18, 2011.

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• Well, you're in a theater and it's 24 shots a second, your face, your body, your voice, and it's your craft, the way you earn your living, and it's indelible. It's not like writing a script - I write as well - I can't do another draft, it's done.

  William Mapother

  Writing, Voice, Crafts

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I worked in script development, many years ago, and read a lot of scripts. Between that and the scripts I've read as an actor, and I'm a writer as well, I think I have a pretty good sense about whether the bones of a story are there and whether the structure is intact.

  William Mapother

  Thinking, Years, Stories

  "William Mapother Exclusive Interview ANOTHER EARTH". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 19, 2011.

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• Look, we all know how hard it is for us to - I'm going to speak for myself - find a still photo of yourself that you like. Like how many times do people send photos and you're like, "Oh burn it."

  William Mapother

  People, Looks, Speak

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• It's because you have no power. You give them all the material and the cinematographer, the director, the editor, boy what they can choose... You better hope they like you because they can slice and dice and make you look like a damn fool when your face and body are up there on a 30-foot screen.

  William Mapother

  Boys, Editors, Feet

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I do like taking on responsibility, sometimes too much. But I was aware of that early on and it's something that came up in the previous set of interviews, and that is the actor‛s contribution.

  William Mapother

  Responsibility, Actors, Too Much

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• So I'm here, and not being one for missed opportunities, I made a list of the casting directors in New York and mark off the ones I've already met over the years. The few remaining I asked my agent and manager, "See if you can set up some meetings while I'm here."

  William Mapother

  New York, Opportunity, Years

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I don't think that necessarily I was encouraged by the nuns and the priest to consider alternate possibilities to the universe.

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  Thinking, Possibility, Priests

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• They [teachers] beat it right out of me. Or they beat it into me and educated it out of me. I don't know; that's an interesting question. The Catholic schools required work, so I think that may have been where the work ethic came from, in answer to the question of how my character may have been shaped.

  William Mapother

  Teacher, School, Character

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• One of the great things about having been on Lost is people coming up and feeling so enthusiastic about the show and saying, "Oh it provided us so much entertainment," or "It inspired conversations."

  William Mapother

  People, Feelings, Entertainment

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• One of the advantages of shooting digitally was that we had a lot of time. When you shoot, even if you do a good performance, it may get lost in the editing room. It's just one more way that a potentially good film might go astray.

  William Mapother

  Editing, Way, Rooms

  Source: collider.com

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• I feel honored to be a part of something that provided people with entertainment and that inspired conversations. I feel very, very fortunate.

  William Mapother

  People, Entertainment, Inspired

  Source: collider.com

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• One of the great things about film is that, typically anything that's introduced in the first five minutes, the audiences will by into.

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  Firsts, Film, Minutes

  Source: collider.com

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• I can be a bit of a science geek. I tend more towards reading about brain science, neuroscience. I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories. Aside from the science aspect of it, the philosophical possibilities are so interesting.

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  Philosophical, Reading, Interesting

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I went to Notre Dame. I don't know if that has any relevance, but maybe we all had a little too much philosophy and theology.

  William Mapother

  Philosophy, Too Much, Dames

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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