Christopher Eccleston Quotes
Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.
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I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn't.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 P.M. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest time slot in cable news.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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Most historians and other writers of what we now consider 'primary sources' simply didn't think about women and their contribution to society. They took it for granted, except when that contribution or its lack directly affected men.
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I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.
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At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.
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Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way.
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My mom tells me the first show we saw was 'The Secret Garden,' but I don't remember that.
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I think acting is a gift.
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I thought we were making a nice little movie. That's how it was regarded by everyone else, too.
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David Bowie had everything. He was intelligent, imaginative, brave, charismatic, cool, sexy and truly inspirational both visually and musically. He created such staggeringly brilliant work, yes, but so much of it and it was so good. There are great people who make great work but who else has left a mark like his? No one like him.
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Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.
