Epictetus Quotes

I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.

Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part belongs to another.

When it's all said and done, I'm very, very glad to work in this business, but that's exactly what it is. It's a business, and I get to do the fun half of it. I get paid to pretend. I get to play really great characters. And, we have such a wonderful writer. She just knows people so intricately, and it's so fun to be able to act out her words.

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

This is not what I would have chosen. But I have a heart to be obedient.

Nature deals the cards without thought or care, and there is no point in blaming the dealer. All we can do is make the best of the hands we have been dealt.

Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.

I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.

What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find some dignity.

I accept reality and dare not question it.

I am a great respector of fate.

We don't make the rules. We just play by them.

Questioning authority can hardly be called our national pastime. We even make a philosophy out of fear. Fatalism, destiny, karma... are the favourite cultural holes we hide in when authority flogs us. And what's our tragedy.

You have to accept your fate; do it without bitterness and stay humble.

I accept the cards that were dealt to me.

Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do.

Play out the game, act well your part, and if the gods have blundered, we will not.

Love only what befalls you and is spun for you by fate.

It's always fun to play characters that are different from me.

Be content with what thou hast received, and smooth thy frowning forehead, for the door of choice is not open either to thee or me.

Even my life's not normal because I'm acting, right?

I love the idea of getting to play different characters and tell some stories. When you're passionate about a project, it's nice to get the part.

People watch me when I get into these characters that I have in my head, so perhaps I should try acting. So I did.

It's exotic for me to be given a script that's already written, and be given a pay cheque, and asked to dress up and play, and that's all.