Sam Neill (Nigel John Dermot Neill) Quotes
I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love to is a western, but no one has ever asked me to do that. Unfortunately they are very few and far between these days, but that is one type of film I'd love to do.
Quotes to Explore
-
Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
-
In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails.
-
My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
-
I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer.
-
To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.
-
At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
-
My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
-
I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
-
They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party.
-
I've earned all these years on my face. I don't want to be a liar if in five or 10 years I do get some Botox, but needles in the face scare me, so I don't really know if I am ever going to do that.
-
Conscience is God present in man.
-
When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
-
There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
-
'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
-
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
-
During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
-
I'm part Cuban, so anything with a good beat like Rumberos de Cuba gets me going.
-
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
-
Kids and adults are treated differently on sets. Being a kid, you can get away with anything, and it looks cute. But as an adult, it's a whole new journey.
-
People will like to say that 'Eastern Promises' is brutal, but the only reason they say that is because the scenes stick with them. They are realistic. They are in-your-face and you see the consequences. It's not a bunch of quick editing cuts.
-
The impression I have of Justice Warren is that he was looking for the just result in a case regardless of fixed dogma or principles and I like to think that I'm in that mold.
-
If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.
-
I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love to is a western, but no one has ever asked me to do that. Unfortunately they are very few and far between these days, but that is one type of film I'd love to do.
