Sentences with phrase «hand at acting»

Many comedians who try their hand at acting eventually feel the lure of something a little more dramatic, and it can often lead to good things.

And to think that none of it would have been possible without Nicolas Cage, who suggested that the out - of - work rocker try his hand at acting during a chance meeting in the early»80s.

Laura Butler Movie stars Liam Cunningham and Michael Fassbender are two of his closest friends, but Dylan McGrath has insisted that despite their encouragement he will never try his hand at acting.

The rest of the cast looks solid too, especially with pop superstar Usher looking to try his hand at acting (yes we know he was in the little seen movie In the Mix, we try to forget about that).

Even Jennifer Lopez who it is hard to shake off the concept that she is «singer trying her hand at acting» doesn't hold up the storyline too much.

Tipton started her career as a contender on reality show America's Next Top Model, but decided afterwards to try her hand at acting.

It should come as no surprise that, in addition to running her own successful YouTube channel, the rising teen star is trying her hand at acting — a natural extension of her personal brand.

Having undertaken a business degree at Notre Dame, Browne tried his hand at acting in LA.

A special moment saw television pundit and Arsenal legend Thierry Henry try his hand at acting, and surprised one young schoolgirl, disguising himself in a dress and glasses, to present her with the «Sky Sport Living for Sport Student of the Year for Wales» award.

David Thomson's younger sister lives in the United States and has tried her hand at acting.

Several individuals are keen on trying their hands at acting job.

Not exact matches

Her company has an all - hands meeting every month: «I get the engineers to show up at 8:30, which is an act of god,» she said.

It's one where you act quickly with the means at hand.

Voca takes its act indoors, handing out fliers and brochures at industry conferences and events.

But rather than act strategically, the Amplifer does this same thing repeatedly, and often when there is really no crisis at hand.

Introverts prefer to think about the task at hand or the next project before acting upon an idea.

Kalanick said Callinicos» responsibilities will be taken over by his Strategic Finance right - hand Gautam Gupta, a former vice president at Goldman Sachs, who will serve as acting head of finance while Uber looks for a replacement, possibly one who is well - versed in handling Uber's rumored IPO.

«What happened in Iguala» — the site of the students» disappearance, allegedly at the hands of crooked cops, acting in cahoots with a cartel — «was a tragedy, and we get the butt of it,» says Robyn Sydney, an Acapulco resident and well - known environmentalist.

On Tuesday, moments after finding out about the layoffs and leadership upheaval at the Downtown Project in Las Vegas, I asked Tony Hsieh by phone why he stepped down as leader of the utopian startup city he had founded, and why he had continued act as head of the ambitious experiment in the desert despite having already handed over the reins to his lawyer and a team of executives.

Furthermore, by amending the Act in 2012 to create two categories of participation, Parliament was signaling that procedures need to be more focused and efficient and that, as such, the Board was justified in creating procedure that requires «rigorous demonstration» (at para 77) of the capacity to make a contribution to the Board's consideration of the matter at hand.

I do understand why the sight of two homosexuals holding hands at a concert might have turned the stomach of a hardworking, dedicated churchwoman I know who has never in her life committed an act or espoused a position that her family, church, and society at large couldn't warmly approve; still, it's hard to forgive a human revulsion that won't question itself.

But a «pro-life» person would also regard as objectionable a situation in which the person being killed makes the decision to die, either at the hands of another or by a self - inflicted act.

If the authorities were to act, they must act quickly, if possible before Passover, which was now very close at hand.

From throwing money defaced with words such as «love» away on Wall Street, to helping nuns pour blood on battleships, or handing out food to the homeless in a park (an illegal act in his city, Philadelphia), Claiborne's Christianity is not for the squeamish, but it has inspired many outside of the Church to take another look at the faith.

May they be remembered not only for their acts of cruelty in this camp... but balance against their cruelty the fruits we have reaped under the stress and in the pain; the comradeship, the courage, the greatness of heart, the humility and patience which have... become part of our lives because we have suffered at their hands.

Let us rightly consider that a generation is not on that account superior because it understands that a previous generation acted wrongly, if in the present moment they themselves do not understand how to discriminate between the momentary and the eternal aspect of the thing at hand.

It is called gossip and I was caught red - handed in the act — or at least in the act of wanting to hear more.

This leads him to his key point: «Let us make no mistake; the data we now have at hand should serve as a dire warning: Unless we act decisively, many of today's converts will be one - generation Jews — Jews with non-Jewish parents and non-Jewish children,» But Sarna concludes on a note that most Jews would find more hopeful: «Learned Jews and non-Jews have been making dire predictions about the future (or end) of the Jewish people for literally thousands of years — long before William Wirt and long after him — and, as we have seen, their predictions have proved consistently wrong.

For example, he visually links Pilate's hand - washing to the hand - washing before the Last Supper, suggesting that what Pilate thinks is an act of disavowal is, deeply and ironically, the preparation for the eucharistic sacrifice at the cross.

Act 2:34 «For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: «THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, «SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, Act 2:35 UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.»»

It is possible, too, that «the destroyer» that ranged from house to house at midnight in Egypt was in fact a human hand acting through God's agency.

Christ's crucifixion at the hands of the Roman Empire is at the centre of the book's thesis: it was a punishment reserved for criminals who had committed acts of treason against the state.

This collection of short stories describes the random acts of kindness that Thompson has experienced at the hands of people she describes as «angels»...

An animals death at the hand of man is not always cruel in either the act or the intention.

Jesus is not so much acted on and mistreated by the hands of evil people as he is active in using the deeds of sinners to manifest God's glory and at the same time to bring about their salvation.

«It never felt like we would beat ourselves in this game, that feeling you get sometimes of,» he raised his hands to mock - act yelling at a player, ««Would you pay attention??!» We didn't have any of that.

Was that she was leaning on the table with both hands — they BOTH were «chirping» at each other — he then turned and started to walk away (a VERY significant fact legally and not the act of a «badass» trying to intimidate someone)-- she then came off the table and shoved him (aggressor move # 1)-- he feinted at her to back her off (but STILL hadn't touched her)-- she then lunged with both hands at his throat (aggressor move # 2)-- THEN he hit her (ONCE, did not try to repeatedly hit or kick her when she went down) and then walked away.

I am proud of ev, I want him to stay because he can at least hand us doubles while we rebuild our squad and resurrect our style many are mad and sad but honestly with this squad we deserve to be 4th and struggling for cl qualification next year without CD - R dreams let us not forget that while RM Roma Bayern, even PSG built we slept, laporta will never sign paulinho denis, gomes, vidal signed, (he would not even sign coutinho and dembele because we play possession based football where you act fast and hold onto the ball though they are not suited for that.

yeah she might counter-punch a believed - in - self - hype and delusional Ronda, or a Beth Correria who is an average striker at best in relation to the competition and begins to act cocky, dropping hands and asking for a head kick.

Throwing up tantrums and acting stupidly, like waiting for our team to shake hands with them in full view of all so the finger of accusation could be pointed at Wenger for ignoring him when in actual fact he had no intention of shaking hands with Wenger.

Arsene Wenger admits Barcelona's shock Champions League exit at the hands of Roma should act as a warning to his Arsenal players in Russia

Dalglish on the other hand really doesn't act the gentleman at all.

Had the Affordable Car Act required a 510 (k) device which supports double pumping, this would have closed the door to allowing insurance companies to offer a 510 (k) exempt product like a hand pump, which has no effectiveness standard at all.

Construction - toy play is beneficial for building social skills and building trust in others because it acts as a collaborative task where individuals have to cooperate in order to finish the task at hand

When your child acts up, the best way to nip the behavior in the bud is often to remove him from the activity at hand and give him a chance to calm down.

Please ask your representative to act on this for the sake of so many children — boys and girls — who are being exposed to brain injury at the hands of the NFL!!

But, rather than fading into the background, Ed Miliband managed to harness the issue at hand by acting as an amplifier for their concerns, not those of his own party.

His claim has exposed the way in which the Health Act is routinely flouted at HMP Wymott, although what he described in his submissions to the court will be familiar to anyone who has first - hand experience of prison life, including members of staff and prisoners smoking on landings and workplaces.

The prime minister is handing firms like Google, Bing, Yahoo! and others a deadline of October to act, amid frustration in Downing Street at the slow pace of progress by search engines in taking steps against child porn.

Caught you red handed acting dumb and lying Silly Philly — or at least acting dumber and more dishonest than ususual.