INSPIRATIONS

INSPIRATIONS : 

INSPIRATIONS

PERFORMERS : 

PERFORMERS Singers, Stage and Screen Actors, Comedians

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Johnny Depp “With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying..”

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Neil Patrick Harris “I have more artistic control in a smaller show. But it doesn't really matter. Sometimes you can have the smallest role in the smallest production and still make a big impact.”

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Ricky Gervais “Why say a couple of lines opposite Brad Pitt when I could be playing lead back home?”

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Hugh Jackman “Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don't want to do, but you have a duty to the story and as a storyteller to do it.”

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Patti LuPone “Smile at a stranger. See what happens.”

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John Mayer “People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for them.”

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Will Smith “Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like.”

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Meryl Streep “You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.”

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Justin Timberlake “I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.”

ARTISANS : 

ARTISANS Directors, Writers, Composers

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Samuel Beckett “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”

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Jason Robert Brown “There's nothing more satisfying than knowing that twenty years after Juilliard rejected my application, their choir is singing backup for me.”

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John Doyle “That’s how I always work. You’ve just gotta believe in what you do.”

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Charlie Kaufman “You are what you love. Not what loves you.”

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Stanley Kubrick “If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered.”

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A.R. Rahman “All my life I had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I'm here.”

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Guy Ritchie “The idea is that that there is no such thing as an external enemy.”

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J.K. Rowling “Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.”

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Jean-Paul Sartre “A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.”

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Stephen Sondheim “The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.”

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Quentin Tarantino “I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.”

VISIONARIES : 

VISIONARIES Politicians, Activists, Social Figures

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Craig Kielburger “We so often feel powerless to do anything about the many problems in the world around us. We  are so often left to wonder whether one person can possibly make a difference. Mother Teresa said yes we can. Her life was resounding proof that it is possible.”

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Nelson Mandela “There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. “

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Pierre Elliot Trudeau “Power only tires those who don't exercise it.”

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Pope John Paul II “An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.”

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All of these inspirations are people you may recognize. They are only a small percentage of the actual number of people who inspire me in my life. My family, my teachers, my friends, the people I have worked with, even strangers on the street. Seeing these people everyday is what keeps me going. Everything they do is an inspiration to me… To all of these people: Thank you….