Sam Neill (Nigel John Dermot Neill) Quotes
I'm playing a cat burglar. I've made it. This is the high point of my career. I'm really chuffed.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my own play under what the writer has written.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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Having a book censored means something. It means you have deeply offended one or more people who felt they needed to protect unsuspecting readers from your inflammatory words, thoughts, and images.
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Yes, it's annoying that Hamlet doesn't kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, but if he did kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, there wouldn't be a play. He has to be annoying, if you will, and not do what would be the thing to do.
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I'm not sensitive, I'm not a weepy person.
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What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other fields as well, such as writing, directing, and/or camera operating. Being on set is like being on a playground. I go from one thing to the next, and I've learned so much and hope to continue learning.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.
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I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them.
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Whether people be of high or low birth, rich or poor, old or young, enlightened or confused, they are all alike in that they will one day die.
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Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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I'm incredibly humbled that the leader of the modern liberty movement and strong conservative leader Congressman Ron Paul is backing our campaign.
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A person's portrayal on TV isn't always how someone is.
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The only sci-fi movie that I've ever been offered that, had circumstances been different, I would have definitely done, was 'Avatar.' And I literally couldn't do it because of my schedule. But listening to James Cameron talk about 'Avatar' was so fascinating. Because he literally invented the world in his mind - and it literally existed.
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When people shake their heads because we are living in a restless age, ask them how they would like to life in a stationary one, and do without change...
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It's very confusing when fame comes early on in your career. You get a little bit bent out of shape in terms of what's important. Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.
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Designing is a lot like a high-wire act - if the tightrope walker is only six inches off the ground, where's the excitement?
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I'm playing a cat burglar. I've made it. This is the high point of my career. I'm really chuffed.
