Jennifer Aniston Quotes About Acting
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I'll never forget my high school acting teacher, Anthony Abeson, who said, "It starts with the shoes." When I think about a character, it does start with the shoes: What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them? If I'm going to put on a dress for a role - I don't care if it's the hardest dress to put on - I have to put the shoes on first. The physicality leads me to the character.
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Realistically speaking, I don't know how many more years I will want to be acting or will be invited to be.
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I wanted to be a therapist if the acting didn't work. I also did a lot waitressing and odd jobs. I'd audition but couldn't get hired to save my life. I'd do Off-Broadway theatre and that was great and I was excited and thrilled, feeling like, 'Well, it's Off-Broadway, but there's still the Broadway in there.'
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I love acting, but being an actor for hire only serves so much, and then you want to fill your well up again and be charged by something else.
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My parents' divorce left me with a lot of sadness and pain and acting, and especially humour, was my way of dealing with all that.
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There was the period where I wanted to be a therapist, if the acting thing didn't work. That was pretty much it. I don't know why. I was just always the girl that people would come and talk to about their problems.
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