Christopher Lee Quotes
There is something sad about malevolence, to be wicked. I have always tried to make that come across in the villains I have played.
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When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.
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Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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I think, like any artist, those baby songs are not the best things you've ever written, but they count because they're you're first attempts at creating art and expressing yourself.
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.
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I'm in a really nice position because I can be selective with the modeling jobs that I do and just work with brands I'm passionate about. The two worlds balance out nicely for me because modeling is so social - it has travel, you meet people, it's extroverted. Whereas painting is very solitary - when I paint, I'm kind of in my own world.
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If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.
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If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers.
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I'm a pretty plain-spoken guy.
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I like to laugh and make people have fun.
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Thriller novelists get asked - berated, sometimes - about whether their work glorifies bad behavior, even, exploits human tragedy for entertainment.
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A 'Cosmo' cover has been my dream my entire life. I cried when I found out.
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I never worked less than 16-hour days on South Beach.
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I've learnt the best way to put on the fragrance is by spraying it and walking into it so it's all over you.
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One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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It's not a 'sexy' position, being the producer. You have to be very bossy. You have to be very aggressive.
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There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom', only talent can keep you at the top.
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There is something sad about malevolence, to be wicked. I have always tried to make that come across in the villains I have played.
