Nicholas James Murphy (Chet Faker) Quotes
I always try to work hard and get things done as soon as possible, but never at the loss of quality of the product.
Quotes to Explore
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened.
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The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
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We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it.
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I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now - a mix of everything.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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No day is similar to another, but usually mail is part of my start of the day. Our company never sleeps: we have business in 180 countries, so there are no real mornings or nights.
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As technology breaks down the physical barriers of college campuses, the extraordinary intellectual capital of the educator community is becoming available to anyone committed to learning - regardless of age, income or location.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, and you want somebody to watch the show and fall in love with you.
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Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.
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I like to be someone else. I like to be someone other than myself. I grew up watching movies and being a fan of what I'd seen portrayed in the movies, and I always wanted to do that one day.
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Storytelling, in print or speech, needs vital energy.
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It's always so difficult when you've left your kids to go to work every day - you want people to like it. I just agonise over it, but I'm obsessive because I love what I do.
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At the most base level, what an actor represents to the film industry is an investment. Depending on the risk profile, an investor needs 1,000 reasons to commit and one reason not to. That means you've got to do more work on your own, and that the machine is not going to necessarily do the blocking for you. The machine rarely accepted my code.
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I always try to work hard and get things done as soon as possible, but never at the loss of quality of the product.
