Harold Coffin Quotes
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There was a time when no difficult subjects were ever aired in the 'Lady', and sadly, life isn't like that.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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My style is all I have. When I go on stage, that's me in my comfort zone. It's not a costume. It's just me. And I want every woman to feel that way.
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When you're bullied in high school, even if it's the smallest amount, or you're actually tortured, I feel like everybody carries that with them. They always think of that one person who treated them badly in high school.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous.
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When I saw 'Pretty In Pink' at the cinema at the age of 11, I just thought it was a period piece from maybe 100 years previously. I had no idea that was what everybody was supposed to be wearing.
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I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.
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I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.
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We'll look after the people who create jobs and business and give them that opportunity to grow in the time ahead.
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That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.
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Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.
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To be a writer, you must be a reader, yet as many as 30 per cent of my writing students were not readers.
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I think great songs appeal to people at any age. Kids love the Beatles, too. Kids love Tom T. Hall. Of course, Tom T. wrote some things that were specifically for kids. But I think kids recognize quality more than they get credit for sometimes.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
