Christopher Guest Quotes
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
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I'm a New Yorker. My background is in theater, so staying here, I have the opportunity to get back to that, which I would love to do.
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Unworthiness is the inmost frightening thought that you do not belong, no matter how much you want to belong, that you are an outsider and will always be an outsider. It is the idea that you are flawed and cannot be fixed. It is wanting to be loved and feeling unlovable, or wanting to love and feeling that you are not capable of loving.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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Politics is a good thing!
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I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
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Singing for stage, if you don't hear yourself, that's when you push, and that's when you can hurt your voice sometimes. So if I can hear myself in my ear, it really helps me to find that balance of how loud I needed to be singing.
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Google never knew how successful key words would be.
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We must make the government accept that at a time when we are expected to look ahead, we cannot afford to start discriminating against our own people in the name of 'ethos.'
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Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
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You can choose not to sit on the fence. You can choose not to criticise. You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.
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I don't like getting older, but there's nothing I can do. Hitting 60 wasn't great, but I think I was lucky in not being that beautiful; it can be really cruel on people who have been stunning.
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My record was so bad that I was first rejected by the Peace Corps as a poor risk and possible troublemaker and was accepted as a volunteer only after a great deal of explaining and arguing.
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The real movie stars were Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Spencer Tracy, Montgomery Clift. How could I put myself in the same category as Clark Gable? Tom Cruise is a great movie star. Do I consider myself a movie star? I consider myself a guy with a good job, an interesting job.
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I've never been invited to do an exhibition or do a talk in England, except once, about 10 years ago. I've given talks all across Canada, many in the United States, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan - but not England.
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I wouldn't say I'm girl-crazy, because that makes me sound like a bit of a womanizer. That isn't really me. But I am quite flirty - maybe too flirty. I'm an 18-year-old boy, and I like to have fun!
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Music means a great deal to me.
