Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Michael Shurtleff Quotes: Humor [in a scene] is not jokes. It is that attitude toward being alive without which you would long ago have jumped off the 59th Street Bridge.
         

Humor [in a scene] is not jokes. It is that attitude toward being alive without which you would long ago have jumped off the 59th Street Bridge.


Michael Shurtleff
Check all other quotes by Michael Shurtleff

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Michael Shurtleff Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Thu. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Humor-in-a-scene-is-not-jokes-890333>.





Check out


Other quotes of Michael Shurtleff


The first step to a better audition is to give up character and use yourself.

The first step to a better audition is to give up character and use yourself.



Creating relationship is the heart of acting. It is basic. It is essential.

Creating relationship is the heart of acting. It is basic. It is essential.



Conflict is what creates drama. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance.

Conflict is what creates drama. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance.



Consistency is the death of good acting.

Consistency is the death of good acting.



To go into acting is like asking for admission to an insane asylum. Anyone may apply, but only the certifiably insane are admitted.

To go into acting is like asking for admission to an insane asylum. Anyone may apply, but only the certifiably insane are admitted.



The moral: Don't settle for anything less than the biggest dream for your future Fight to make the dream come true.

The moral: Don't settle for anything less than the biggest dream for your future Fight to make the dream come true.



Acting in theatre or television or screen is only for the irrecoverably diseased, those so smitten with the need that there is no choice.

Acting in theatre or television or screen is only for the irrecoverably diseased, those so smitten with the need that there is no choice.



Every scene is a love scene. The actor should ask the question: 'Where is the love?'

Every scene is a love scene. The actor should ask the question: 'Where is the love?'



An expression of feeling isn't worth anything unless it interferes with what the other actor in the scene wants.

An expression of feeling isn't worth anything unless it interferes with what the other actor in the scene wants.



Whatever you decide is your motivation in the scene, the opposite of that is also true and should be in it.

Whatever you decide is your motivation in the scene, the opposite of that is also true and should be in it.





Other quotes you may like


Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.



your lack of knowledge may not for you but surely it is dangerous for your child because you cannot teach them which you your self do not know

your lack of knowledge may not for you but surely it is dangerous for your child because you cannot teach them which you your self do not know



The truth of the matter is, the soul is a monstrous beast. The heart a most unwieldy and a fair weather friend. Why else woud ribs be cages

The truth of the matter is, the soul is a monstrous beast. The heart a most unwieldy and a fair weather friend. Why else woud ribs be cages



I have no powers of my own. I'm a dud.

I have no powers of my own. I'm a dud.



We all have to face our faults and mistakes, and then choose to overcome them or let them drag us down.

We all have to face our faults and mistakes, and then choose to overcome them or let them drag us down.



Russell Crowe is normally an actor who disappears so far into his characters you'd swear his DNA has been altered.

Russell Crowe is normally an actor who disappears so far into his characters you'd swear his DNA has been altered.



If I had to depend on what I actually get from sales, I'd be tending bar between sets.

If I had to depend on what I actually get from sales, I'd be tending bar between sets.



Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.

Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.



The Empire of Wisdom is the only empire on which the sun never sets!

The Empire of Wisdom is the only empire on which the sun never sets!



The law rarely hesitates in declaring its own meaning; but the Judges are frequently puzzled to find out the meaning of others.

The law rarely hesitates in declaring its own meaning; but the Judges are frequently puzzled to find out the meaning of others.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Humor [in a scene] is not jokes. It is that attitude toward being alive without which you would long ago have jumped off the 59th Street Bridge.". Author of this quote is Michael Shurtleff. This quote is about humor, long ago, jokes, alive, bridges, attitude, scene,.