Katie McGrath Quotes

It's fashionable for modern actors to talk about getting 'inside' a character. But you can't get to the inside without getting the outside right first.

Leonardo da Vinci was a man of regal spirit and tremendous breadth of mind; and his name became so famous that not only was he esteemed during his lifetime, but his reputation endured and became even greater after his death.

There are things and there are faces which, when felt or seen for the first time, stamp themselves upon the mind like a sun image on a sensitized plate and there remain unalterably fixed.

Those who exert the first influence upon the mind have the greatest power.

As Aristotle said, happiness is not a condition that is produced or stands on its own; rather, it is a frame of mind that accompanies an activity. But another frame of mind comes first. It is a steely determination to do well.

I'd say, go ahead, shoot your shot. More power to ya if you can come up with a different angle on the character.

There is at this present juncture, a certain fermentation of mind, a certain activity of speculation and enterprise which if properly directed may be made subservient to useful purposes; but which if left entirely to itself, may be attended with pernicious effects.

Sit a man on his ass with nothing to do but eat and the first thing that goes is his mind. It never fails.

The modern mind dislikes gold because it blurts out unpleasant truths.

I never even think about the physicality of roles, until honestly I get the gig and I think, 'OK, now what do I have to do in this one?' Like, I approach it thinking more about the character - do I respond to it? Is it something I think I can play? Does it seem like it'll be fun?

First one works alone through the mind, then before the public through experience.

So, if I ever played Napoleon it would be with an Italian accent. He was an outsider, which also interests me.

People first feel things without noticing them, then notice them with inner distress and disturbance, and finally reflect on them with a clear mind.

The mind reproduces itself by transmitting its symbols to other intermediaries, human and mechanical, than the particular brain that first assembled them.

I watched tons of archive footage of princess Margaret and listened to the music she loved; that was really immersive and brilliant.

I shall state my thesis plain. The first poets were gods. Poetry began with the bicameral mind.

First of all you are a writer, a writer is what you are, so it doesn't actually stop the moment you leave your desk, your computer, your keyboard, whatever. Something is operating the back of your mind.

Americans as no one else in the Old World are looking ahead and are future-minded without the limitations of traditions and can look ahead without the burdens of the past.

Do not seek Adolf Hitler with your mind. You will find him through the strength of your hearts.

The finished man, you know, is difficult to please; a growing mind will ever show you gratitude. --Faust 1, lines 182-3

I'm always open. I try not to have a closed mind. In fact the only reason why I'm able to continue to make films since 1986 is I have been adaptable. If I weren't flexible I sure wouldn't be making films this many years as I've been doing it. I've been making a film a year almost since 1986 and that's hard. That ain't easy.

My mind goes to tragedy first.

Jesus was the First American.

I suppose I've always been attracted to this sort of outsider in general - in literature, in music, politics, whatever - and to the person that is able to be relentlessly themselves. I don't think that I have that quality, that strength of mind.

Between cultivated minds the first interview is the best.