Donald Patrick Harvey II Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Don Harvey was born in St. Clair Shores Michigan the sixth of eight children. He attended the University of Michigan and the Yale School of Drama before moving to New York City to pursue film, TV and theatre work. He has appeared in over forty feature films, but his most notable performances are in Casualties Of War (1989) alongside Sean Penn and ...
In art and music, the artist concentrates on a specific medium of experience. Sound. Vision. Color. Texture. In acting, the artist embodies the entire realm of human experience to create a living organism, which can be observed in a time frame and a setting. In live theatre, the experience only exists while it's happening. Once the performance is over, it only exists in the memory and emotions of those who experienced it on that particular night.
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People's lives are so full of detritus. We constantly deal with distractions and obligations and bills and promises and regrets and habitual behavior. When someone walks into a theatre, and the play or the film or the music begins, they leave all of that behind and focus on another world for that short period of time. While they are there, their mind goes everywhere. It is a respite from our lives that allows us to come back refreshed and free. If the performance is truly great, we can be forever transformed.
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The best thing about being an actor is that you get to investigate many different lifestyle choices. I've played athletes, soldiers, cops, killers, lovers, preachers, teachers, musicians and clowns. I like variety.
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When I'm performing, I'm always aware that it's an act. I don't believe that anyone actually believes they are the character. The trick is to understand yourself so well and understand the character so well that the character and you become inseparable while you are playing it. Here I am on stage, in front of these people, playing this character. I have absolute freedom to be me, and to be the character at the same time.
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I come from a large family, where everyone was a bit of an actor. My dad always encouraged us to be creative and put on talent shows for each other. When I was in junior high, some friends of mine appeared in a school play and I was blown away. All the kids were laughing and cheering, and I immediately knew I wanted to be a part of that. Later I studied acting in college and eventually at the Yale School Of Drama. Then I went to New York and began my career.
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I'm always aware of the audience. It's what makes acting so rewarding. Everything I do is put out there to be seen and understood. If there were no audience, there would be no acting.
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The arts matter because they are a common link between all people. Every age, every time, every culture. People all have the same human struggles. Politics and Country, Religion and Pride tend to pull us apart and identify us as individuals. An artistic experience can go to the root of our experience as human beings and make us all feel a common bond. Who can look at the Sistine Chapel or hear the works of Mozart without feeling the pathos of humankind?
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Artists have as much power as they are willing to take. People in our society mistakenly believe that they have a personal relationship with people they see in the movies or on stage. Actors have the implicit trust of many people in the public. If they chose, they can use this to obtain unimaginable power.
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If I weren't an actor, I would be a Guitar Player or a Carpenter.
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An actor needs: sensitivity and callousness. Depth and a hard skin. A sense of humor and a serious commitment. A free spirit and a bit of insanity. Richard Burton said, "An actor is something less than a man while an actress is something less than a woman." I like that.
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Did two years of classical ballet at the University of Michigan.
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Learned to operate a big rig truck for his role as Flint in Sparkler.
$17 Million
