Christopher Rouse Quotes
I think I approached 'Captain Phillips' as I would any project. I always try to understand the story, characters, and themes as deeply as possible and then work as hard as I can to make those things come to life.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M.
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It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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Nature teaches us that tens of billions of light years may have passed, and life in all of its expressions has always been subjected to an incredible combination of matter and radiation.
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Acting is a cruel enough business. One minute everyone's going 'Hey!' and the next they're going 'Who?'. You certainly don't need people knowing your private business, especially if you want to come out with your head still attached.
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Another real problem was over putting our helmets on for re-entry, because we all had severe head colds. They couldn't come up there and make us. Houston, you have a problem!
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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As a general rule, when you comment on a blog, make it knowledgeable or witty and, most of all, relevant to that post - then, simply sign it with your name and your book title. Resist the urge to brag or sell your book.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
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I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
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In July of 2010, I lost my finance job in Chicago. Instead of updating my resume and looking for a similar job, I decided to forget about money and have a go at something I truly enjoyed. I'd purchased a semi-professional camera earlier that year and spent my free time taking photos in downtown Chicago.
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Eventually, I just want to write wavy little short stories.
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Woz is living his own life now. He hasn't been around Apple for about five years. But what he did will go down in history.
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The problem is that there is many great chefs and many great cookbooks, but none of them work at home.
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I also dance to music that makes me feel sexy in front of a mirror.
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I think I approached 'Captain Phillips' as I would any project. I always try to understand the story, characters, and themes as deeply as possible and then work as hard as I can to make those things come to life.
