What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.
Martin ShortRead
I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.
Interpretation
Life should be enjoyed rather than stressed over, embracing a more joyous perspective.
Martin Short emphasizes the importance of adopting a positive and joyful approach to life. Instead of viewing life as a series of pressures and stresses, he suggests treating it as a celebration, akin to a party, which encourages happiness and fulfillment.
In practice
Opening a motivational speech about living in the moment.
What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.
I've always thought one of the tricks of being an actor for a long time is keeping yourself interested once you've figured out how to pay the rent.
All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room.
I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.
My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.
Excitement radiates through your eyes, your face, your voice, your soul, and your whole personality.
To eke out the most happiness from an experience, we must anticipate it, savor it as it unfolds, express happiness, and recall a happy memory.
Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.
Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which provide both for our happiness and others happiness.
Real bliss is to have peace of mind.
Deep at the center of my being there is an infinite well of gratitude. I now allow this gratitude to fill my heart, my body, my mind, my consciousness, my very being. This gratitude radiates out from me in all directions, touching everything in my world, and returns to me as more to be grateful for. The more gratitude I feel, the more I am aware that the supply is endless.
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