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 artist, you dream about accumulating enough successful music to someday do just one greatest-hits album, but to reach the point where you're releasing your second collection of hits is beyond belief.
I have always kept one end in view, namely ... to conduct a well-regulated church music to the honour of God.
but as God said, crossing his legs, I see where I have made plenty of poets but not so very much poetry.
Birds in flight fascinate me. I admire eagles and falcons. Iβm inspired by a feather but also its color, its graphics, its weightlessness and its engineering. Itβs so elaborate. In fact I try and transpose the beauty of a bird to women.
I look around, and 50 percent of the big-budget entertainment you are seeing these days is dystopian. This is the era of 'Hunger Games' and blasted landscapes and 'The Walking Dead.'
And they three passed over the white sands, between the rocks, silent as the shadows.
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