Sentence examples for directed to act from inspiring English sources

Ultimately, he was directed to act like the prosecutor he once was, with a take-charge attitude.

"I was given a dress, a script to read and directed to act," he told the Press Trust of India news agency.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was then appointed and directed to act under this convention, and ECOSOC appointed an Advisory Commission to assist the high commissioner.

The ordinarily great performer Jennifer Mudge, who plays the Witch, has been directed to act the role as if it had nothing to do with a child's idea of sexuality but, rather, with mere dress up: she and the other actors have been defanged and, having lost their bite, they just sparkle.

At safety climate, employees are directed to act in accordance with company-wide commitment to safety, so that each state maintain personal safety norms and those of colleagues.

She was given zany characters to portray and directed to act as outrageously as possible for the purpose of entertainment.

Burns has taken the occasional detour from directing to act in other movies, most notably in Steven Spielberg's 1998 film, Saving Private Ryan.

He would have been more direct to act like Bartleby the Speaker and say, "I would prefer not to".

Christianity is based on a particular experience or scheme directed to the act of saving that is, of bringing or "buying back," which is part of what redemption means, these creatures of God to their source in God.

De Sade protests about his reduction to an adjective that labels a sexual perversion: he prefers to be remembered as "a man of the theatre" who directed others to act out fantasies that demonstrate human freedom, or as a philosopher whose conceptual orgies made war on God and on morality.

Mr. Crewdson described his work as a fusion of documentary and fiction, portraying real people in a real place, where he directs them to act out scenes that include staged sets and props.