Clod Quotes

In those days, they`d make interview tests, not acting tests. They`d sit you in front of the camera and talk- just as we`re talking now. I thought I was an absolute clod. It looked pretty good; it was photographed well, but I thought, `If that`s acting, I`m in trouble.` But they signed me up as a contract player- which was a little lower than working in the mail-room.

No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man`s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.

Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art.

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.