Francis Bacon Quotes
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If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.
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For every three scripts that you get through, one will be made, and that doesn't even necessarily mean that they're going to cast you in it.
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I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom.
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Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that 'you don't write in a French way; you can't make these multicultural films.'
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
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The Auto-Tune makes everybody sound the same and takes away all of the emotion because you're singing through this machine, and of course your taking all of this emotion out of your voice for the most part.
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You can only see in someone else what you see in yourself.
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Think about technological float: it took centuries for the wheel to gain universal acceptance. Now any microchip device can be in use around the world in weeks.
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The English are good at bad guys - the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it.
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For good is simple, evil manifold.
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Cato said the best way to keep good acts in memory was to refresh them with new.
