Qualifications Quotes

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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn`t acting. It`s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director`s task is just that to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over. And he must be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons.

- James Dean

I`ve always been a snob about qualifications.

- Keira Knightley

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but to join the Navy, having left school at 13.

- Sean Connery

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn`t acting. It`s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.

- James Dean

I have no qualifications to do anything else and there weren`t any formal application forms you had to fill in for stand-up, so I thought I`d give that a twist.

- Dylan Moran

At one time I thought he wanted to be an actor. He had certain qualifications, including no money and a total lack of responsibility.

- Hedda Hopper

People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven`t got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.

- Peter Ustinov

He has selected from a group of overwhelming candidates. This candidate was nominated to the Supreme Court because of his extremely overwhelming qualifications.

- Rod Parsley

I left school with no qualifications but I was doing theatre and film work and thought that was the best thing since sliced bread.

- Dexter Fletcher

Swift is hiring, and if there are qualified drivers, we will get them employed right away. They may want to get home and see if they can drive for the company they worked for before. . . . If they meet our qualifications, we will hire them.

- Dave Berry

Is that all, for my qualifications?

- Edward Jones

The school is open to all -- no performances, portfolios or academic qualifications are necessary for admission. We build the curriculum around each individual student. They have the opportunity to choose the electives that challenge them and address their individual needs.

- Chris Bennett

Anything that would reduce standards, we would have a serious concern about. We certainly don`t want to reduce the qualifications it takes to become a police officer.

- Bob Baker

It looks like we have some good candidates, and all of them meet the qualifications we`ve set and also have good experience.

- David King

Jean could become a very good national coach, ... I don`t know about Laurent Blanc`s qualifications as a coach. I`m not sure that he has the qualifications to take charge of the national side.

- Michel Platini

Jean could become a very good national coach. I don`t know about Laurent Blanc`s qualifications as a coach. I`m not sure that he has the qualifications to take charge of the national side.

- Michel Platini

We have a society in which one of the greatest things you can do is a platform to see victim status, and one of the qualifications for that is that you have these exquisitely tender feelings about things and sensibilities which are easily offended.

- Brit Hume

We ought not to judge of men`s merits by their qualifications, but by the use they make of them.

- Adoko Nekyon

I feel very confident that that information should be sufficient for the members of the Senate to make an informed decision about John Roberts` qualifications.

- Aidan Troy

We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts, and at the end of the day I`m optimistic that if given a fair hearing and a fair opportunity, that he will be confirmed.

- Aidan Troy

Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church - he has not only specified their duties and prerogatives - but he gives the requisite qualifications, and calls those thus qualified, and by that call gives them their official authority.

- Alan Feduccia

If we can modernise the workforce, make them better qualified, have this framework of qualifications, then I think they have a very good case for more money.

- Alejandro Urrego

By creating useful job descriptions and making clear what qualifications should be expected, the Department aims to help improve schools` ability to recruit the right people.

- Alejandro Urrego

Academic qualifications are important and so is financial education. They`re both important and schools are forgetting one of them.

- Anderson Sa

Ideally, I`d like every issue to include a diverse group of stories that meet the qualifications sketched above, but covering a wide range of specific matter and flavour.

- Andreas Heine

I don`t like sitting back on the sidelines, ... During my 21 years in the police department, I got involved in just about everything there. I`m not some sort of rebel. I don`t think everyone (currently on the commission) should be removed or anything. I just believe in my heart I have the qualifications to be on the City Commission of Battle Creek.

- Anthony Spier

Is that all, for my qualifications?

- Armando Zamora

Gene was a great player. Is he worthy of being in the Hall of Fame? Does he have all the qualifications to be in? No question about it. I have no idea what`s keeping him out, but it`s time to put him in.

- Arnon Soffer

This is part of a strategy to put major people on first (to) get the nominee off to a big bang. The presenting of presidents, in particular, is a show of force ... It`s also sort of a gamble, but they are all going to reinforce Kerry`s qualifications and character.

- Arturo Sarukhan

A ballot statement is supposed to be about your education and qualifications. It`s not supposed to be a hit piece.

- Ashish Jha

He has done what you kind of expect an acting director to do, which is basically to mind the store. But he brings a lot of the qualifications you need for this job, and in the six months he has been acting as director, he certainly learned the immediate and considerable challenges FEMA is facing.

- Ayatollah Kashani