Look, Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.
Robert DuvallRead
I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet!
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the enduring passion and enthusiasm for acting, suggesting a commitment to the craft regardless of challenges.
Robert Duvall expresses his unwavering dedication to acting, highlighting his enjoyment in portraying diverse characters and his refusal to give up even when faced with obstacles. This reflects not only his love for the craft but also a broader sentiment about perseverance and maintaining enthusiasm for one's passions throughout life.
In practice
During a motivational speech about pursuing your dreams.
Look, Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.
Smell that? You smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
We're all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house. Birth 'til death. We travel between the eternities.
Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.
Not every successful man is a good father. But every good father is a successful man.
As an actor, you are always looking for roles that will challenge you, and when I came upon Aung San Suu Kyi, it wasn't just about that but also about stepping into the shoes of someone who means so much to millions of people.
The reality of the final moment, just before shooting [the scene], is so powerful that all previous analysis must yield before the impressions you receive under these circumstances, and unless you use this feedback to your positive advantage, unless you adjust to it, adapt to it and accept the sometimes terrifying weaknesses it can expose, you can never realize the most out of your film.
The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.
This is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding-- it's got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl.
So long as I have questions to which there are no answers, I shall go on writing.
Beauty? To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its meaning comes from nor where it leads to.
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