Anna Chlumsky Quotes

I have no right, for the sake of carrying a measure, or stirring up excitement, or swaying the popular opinion, to urge, as a matter of universal obligation, what God has left as a matter to be decided by every man’s conscience

You have respect and reverence for your characters and the fact that you're going to epitomize that person for the rest of their lives. They're going to be judged based on your performance by millions of people. You have a certain responsibility.

Being a model and an actress, I feel we a have a responsibility towards society.

All rational beings have an agency of their own; and according to their own choice they will be saved or damned.

It really depends on what the screenplay is asking of you, and what your responsibility is to that character. You have the author's intent to deal with, you have the filmmaker's vision, and then you have your own wants, desires and needs for the character. It's collaborative. But I knew, right off the bat, that there was no way to go into some sort of pink-haired, clown-nosed character with Ronald McDonald shoes.

I do feel a responsibility to address things that are problematic, but I don't have to go out of my way to do that.

Every artist, every scientist, every writer must decide now where he stands. The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative.

For me, the political part of being an actor is very tough. To sit somewhere and tell somebody why you should feel this way or that way about my character does not feel like my responsibility. It feels like the responsibility of the writer and the person who created it.

There is no shame in black athletes not wanting to be role models, but there should be shame when they don't behave like one. It's a free country and people can do whatever they want. But just because we can doesn't mean we should.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

In dreams begins responsibility.

As I got older, with my work, I became aware of the responsibility of film, and I feel one of the best ways I can apply myself as an actor, is to go beyond movie stardom and celebrity.

As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the '70s on that being a public figure presents another aspect of responsibility.

When we choose for ourselves, we also choose for others.

It's my responsibility as an artist and public figure to put the right frequency out there.

I've learned that, as an actor, I have a responsibility to my audience.

Instead of only doing songs and item dance,' we need to have a hard look at ourselves not only as actors, but people in this society.

As an actor, I think it is my responsibility to hold a mirror to the society.

As an artist, we have a big influence, and we should always think if we are doing more harm than good to our viewers. We should serve as a model to them.

Morality depends on individual freedom, and it requires some sense to know where to draw the line.

Nothing, that is say no one, can be such an inexorable tour-conductor as one's own conscience or sense of duty, if one allows either the upper hand: the self-bullying that goes on in the name of sight-seeing is grievous.

My choice is what I choose to do, And if I'm causing no harm, it shouldn't bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be, And if you're causin' no harm, then you're alright with me. If you don't like my fire, then don't come around, 'cause I'm gonna burn one down. Yes, I'm gonna burn one down. Herb the gift from the earth, And what's from the earth is of the greatest worth. So before you knock it try it first, Oh, you'll see it's a blessing and not a curse.

The artist's duty to himself is a combination of immense responsibility and immense irresponsibility. I think those two interlock.

Freedom & Duty always go hand in hand and if the free do not accept the duty of social responsibility, they will not long remain free.