The pressure isn’t on my brain, but on my mouth. I realized Sam Malone said very little, he spoke in little sentences. Which is much more comfortable for me for some reason.
Meaning of the quote
The quote means that being an actor can be difficult because you have to say a lot of lines. But Ted Danson found it easier to play the character of Sam Malone, who spoke in shorter, simpler sentences. This was more comfortable for Danson than having to remember and say longer, more complicated lines.
About Ted Danson
Ted Danson is an acclaimed American actor known for his iconic role as Sam Malone on the hit TV show Cheers. He has also starred in numerous films and other successful TV series, and is an active environmental advocate.
More quotes from Ted Danson
The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we’ve known it, is what’s questionable.
American actor (born 1947)
One person goes off and works in Houston the other person goes off to London and you’re on the phone to each other and somebody is paying you to kiss somebody else. It’s very bizarre being an actor.
American actor (born 1947)
One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That’s the case with any good series.
American actor (born 1947)
If you take one rivet out of an airplane, it will be all right, it’ll keep flying. You take another rivet out of the airplane and it still flies. So what the heck, let’s take more rivets out of the airplane, and sooner or later, the airplane drops from the sky.
American actor (born 1947)
We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evolution. We are part of evolution. Unfortunately, we believe that we’ve been created to dominate the planet, to dominate nature. Ain’t true.
American actor (born 1947)
Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn’t help much. Basically, it’s going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified.
American actor (born 1947)
I tell you, the difference for me is between being victimized, terrorized, numbed by reading about different disasters, or reducing the anxiety by getting up and doing something about it, at whatever level.
American actor (born 1947)
We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can’t pick away at it piece by piece, you have to truly start being coordinated and managing our resources as a system. We haven’t gotten to that point yet.
American actor (born 1947)
Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone themselves.
American actor (born 1947)
We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn’t going to work.
American actor (born 1947)
If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you’ll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche.
American actor (born 1947)
You have to work with the auto industry, the oil companies, you have to work to develop renewable fuel, whether it’s solar or different kinds of fuel or whatever.
American actor (born 1947)
We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.
American actor (born 1947)
The pressure isn’t on my brain, but on my mouth. I realized Sam Malone said very little, he spoke in little sentences. Which is much more comfortable for me for some reason.
American actor (born 1947)
I feel very strongly that you can’t just beat people up anymore; you have to work hand in hand and find ways to compromise, and get big business involved, because it won’t happen otherwise.
American actor (born 1947)
I don’t think it’s a matter of, do you win the game or not, it’s how gracefully do you play it.
American actor (born 1947)
Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren’t really that important in the long term.
American actor (born 1947)
The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.
American actor (born 1947)
We have a project with Unocal here in Los Angeles, where we as an environmental organization, the oil company, and the state all get together to promote the recycling of used motor oil.
American actor (born 1947)
How much do you engage yourself in what’s truly real and important in life? That’s the individual question.
American actor (born 1947)