Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.

Quote by Washington Irving

Topics: Actors And Acting Quotes, Fulfilment Quotes, Hope Quotes

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon...

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon...

The portion of a law usually found unconstitutional is the teeth

The portion of a law usually found unconstitutional is the teeth

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with...

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with...

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate...

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate...

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject...

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject...

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial...

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial...

A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.

A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that...

Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that...

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify...

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify...

There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than...

There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than...

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the...

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the...

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like...

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like...

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is...

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is...

When I exercise, I wear all black. It's like a funeral for my fat.

When I exercise, I wear all black. It's like a funeral for my fat.

Humor is... despair refusing to take itself seriously.

Humor is... despair refusing to take itself seriously.