Neil Kurshan Quotes
Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in another's place.
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendships with other women, and her honesty with men.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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A small pay discrepancy between men's and women's salaries for the same job may seem inconsequential. But over the years, salary discrimination adds up to a significantly smaller pension.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.
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We are a typical working class northern family, big into our football... no one in the family was into acting. But I remember seeing a panto when I was about six and thinking, 'Yeah... I wouldn't mind doing that.'
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New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
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I've always wanted to work in America because of those brilliant east-coast political movies of the '70s and '80s - great scripts, wonderful performances, gritty urban parable.
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I have a lot of respect for people who write a whole book because I've heard it will kill you.
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I've got to restructure all my personal life now in order to accommodate public service, which is fine.
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I love playing the guitar.
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Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in another's place.
