Quotes by Bill Oberst Jr.

Bill Oberst Jr.

Abraham Lincoln is resolute, honest, has the best interest of the nation at heart, and he’s as ugly as homemade Sunday sin, so he is modest, too. I’d vote for that in an undead heartbeat.

Heart

Sunday

Ugly

Abraham Lincoln is the guy who could never be elected today, but whom we desperately wish we could elect.

Guy

Today

Wish

Abraham Lincoln was a melancholy man, so he had a dark side that appeals to horror fans.

Dark

Fans

Men

All you have to do to be a camera actor is tell the truth.

Actors

Cameras

Telling The Truth

Ask questions. Listen. Be quiet. Be willing to make a fool of yourself. Be willing to be completely exposed and to give all you’ve got and to be rejected for your troubles. But expect magic to happen. It just might. And don’t worry about winning the audition, just win the room.

Giving

Winning

Worry

I love swimming in the darker seas, so even if I play a noble guy (well, like Lincoln for instance) I am pre-disposed to try and show the conflict; the regret; the less-than-perfect choices that any human faces. That’s what I like and it seems to be what the camera likes to see me do.

Regret

Sea

Swimming

If someone asked for advice on being an actor I’d say “Don’t. It’s a hard life.” And if they walked away I’d be happy to have spared them years of misery.

Advice

Hard Life

Years

The fact that Abraham Lincoln ever, ever became President is either a freak accident of history… or destiny; God’s providence to America.

America

Destiny

President

The live audience is a blind date. The camera is a hungry lover. One wants to be wined and dined and seduced and then decide where the evening will go. The other knows how it wants to be touched, wants it now and can damn well tell if you are lying about it. Both are fickle. Both feel good. Depends on your mood.

Cameras

Feel Good

Lying

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Hard Life

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Lying

Men

President

Regret

Sea

Sunday

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Quotes by Bill Oberst Jr.

Bill Oberst Jr.

Abraham Lincoln is resolute, honest, has the best interest of the nation at heart, and he’s as ugly as homemade Sunday sin, so he is modest, too. I’d vote for that in an undead heartbeat.

Abraham Lincoln is the guy who could never be elected today, but whom we desperately wish we could elect.

Abraham Lincoln was a melancholy man, so he had a dark side that appeals to horror fans.

All you have to do to be a camera actor is tell the truth.

Ask questions. Listen. Be quiet. Be willing to make a fool of yourself. Be willing to be completely exposed and to give all you’ve got and to be rejected for your troubles. But expect magic to happen. It just might. And don’t worry about winning the audition, just win the room.

I love swimming in the darker seas, so even if I play a noble guy (well, like Lincoln for instance) I am pre-disposed to try and show the conflict; the regret; the less-than-perfect choices that any human faces. That’s what I like and it seems to be what the camera likes to see me do.

If someone asked for advice on being an actor I’d say “Don’t. It’s a hard life.” And if they walked away I’d be happy to have spared them years of misery.

The fact that Abraham Lincoln ever, ever became President is either a freak accident of history… or destiny; God’s providence to America.

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