David Morse Quotes

• For a lot of people, if they're lucky, it begins with somebody who recognizes something in them.

  David Morse

  People, Lucky, Ifs

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• I don't care about the money. I just need, as an actor, to do as many different things that I can to make me feel good about myself.

  David Morse

  Feel Good, Different, Needs

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• When you walk on the set, whatever it is, you commit yourself to the job. You're committing yourself to doing the best you can do with it, no matter what you feel about it, and that never changes.

  David Morse

  Never Change, Commit

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• I just figured, "If I can do theater, agents will find their way."

  David Morse

  Agents, Way, Theater

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• I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people.

  David Morse

  Talking, People, Actors

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• In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play.

  David Morse

  Inspirational, Basketball, Player

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• I have so many people who still talk to me about The Long Kiss Goodnight, about that being one of their favorite movies, and it really was a fun movie.

  David Morse

  Fun, Kissing, Long

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• I wouldn't mind having another shot at doing comedy, but I'm not sure that's the way I'd want to go.

  David Morse

  Mind, Want, Way

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• In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story.

  David Morse

  Character, Independent, Community

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• I'm not sure I always feel like I'm in the seat. Sometimes I'm only holding on by one hand and flying out behind the roller coaster. I don't know anybody who doesn't feel that way.

  David Morse

  Hands, Flying, Way

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• When I was in school, in eighth grade, someone recognized something in me. She was an English teacher, and we read a play out loud in class, and she asked me to read one of the roles. I'd never done anything like that before, but something just lit up.

  David Morse

  Teacher, School, Class

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think that's really risky to make yourself unsexy, because the business demands that women be sexy.

  David Morse

  Sexy, Thinking, Demand

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• I didn't want to do television at all. I really didn't want to do it. I really thought I was just going to be doing theater and doing movies.

  David Morse

  Television, Want, Theater

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• What I didn't realize is that the writing process for comedies is that you do your table read, and if you aren't funny on that first day during the table read, they take your jokes away and give them to somebody else.

  David Morse

  Writing, Giving, Tables

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• A lot of the things I've enjoyed the most and that I think have been the best are ensembles.

  David Morse

  Thinking, Ensemble, Enjoyed

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Because I'd only done theater, that's really what I thought most of my life would be. I always figured that movies would be a part of it at some point. I didn't know how or when.

  David Morse

  Would Be, Done, Theater

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'd never done any film or television. Well, I'd done one little stupid commercial in Boston when I was doing theater, but that was it.

  David Morse

  Stupid, Boston, Done

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• I thought, "I don't want to be the only unfunny guy in this movie. I really would like to be somehow involved in the comedy if I'm going to do it."

  David Morse

  Guy, Want, Comedy

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• I don't even know what TV star means. I know there's a difference in how people approach you, compared to movies. They feel OK coming up to you and sitting with you in a restaurant, unfortunately.

  David Morse

  Stars, Mean, Differences

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• I will be always grateful to NBC.

  David Morse

  Grateful, Nbc

  "It's quite a resume. Since 'St. Elsewhere,' David Morse has added a long list of TV, film and theater projects. His latest: 'George B'". Interview with Susan King, articles.latimes.com. December 17, 1998.

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• The real future of the Hispanic targeted media and advertising is in English.

  David Morse

  Real, Media, Advertising

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• You get to the middle of a take that's going really well and the camera will run out of film. They have to stop you, apologize and then you've got to get things going all over again.

  David Morse

  Running, Apology, Cameras

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