Mark Billingham Quotes
It may sound surprising, but a joke and a crime novel work in very much the same way. The comedian/writer leads their audience along the garden path. The audience know what's coming, or at least they think they do until they get hit from a direction they were not expecting.
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.
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Reach, and all that other stuff, doesn't play as big a part in MMA as it does in boxing. Guys don't really fight with their length all that much, because they have to worry about the takedown or kicks. They have to worry about so many other things that they can't just fight real tall.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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My fear with Trump was always that he didn't have great solutions.
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I had no idea who I was when I started. I was frightened to death and had no natural performing skills.
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I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.
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When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
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Creativity is a mansion. If you're empty in one room, all you have to do is go out into the hallway and enter another room that's full.
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Cars and cameras are the two things I let myself be materialistic about. I don't care about other stuff.
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During the war, I saw many films that made me fall in love with the cinema.
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New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work, like Australia. I mean it doesn't falter to anyone.
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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me. I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one.
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It may sound surprising, but a joke and a crime novel work in very much the same way. The comedian/writer leads their audience along the garden path. The audience know what's coming, or at least they think they do until they get hit from a direction they were not expecting.
