Mark Linn-Baker Quotes
In low comedy, a character gets hit in the head, and you don't really believe it. In farce, he's hit in the head, but he must be hit in the head. The character requires it.
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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what's going on.
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I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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I actually love doing comedy!
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I believe the old boys' network is a powerful one. No one gives up power and privilege willingly, do they?
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I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.
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The stance I took was there is no room for racial bias anywhere in sports. I believe that was basically all I said about it. Certainly I was cast as an abolitionist. Death threats came. Hate mail came.
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I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.
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The thing that 'Glee' has successfully done that no other TV show has is that they're just honest - but they don't tell you what's right or wrong. They don't tell you what to agree with or what to believe in.
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What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.
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No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
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Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.
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My deceased patients have taught me over the years to believe in the glass half full, to make good use of the time we have, to be generous - that was their lesson for the Uber-mind, and it was free. 'Do that,' they said, 'and then perhaps death shall have no dominion.'
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I do believe that the states have the right to make the definition of marriage, and each state can define it as they so choose through their elected representatives.
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Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
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The democratic system is premised on trust in the masses' wisdom. We believe that the collective is wiser than its parts and that, at the end of the day, it shall make the right choices and take the right decisions.
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My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies.
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I love to sing, but I really only love to do it when it goes along with acting, when it's my character singing. I'd rather not do an album or tour.
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It would be incredible to work with Stanley Kubrick and go back in time.
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Whenever I played him, I played Superman as if I had a secret that nobody else knew.
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The problem with Muslim women is less that we cannot speak the language, but that no one listens to us.
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Put your goals on paper, or an Excel spreadsheet. Measure every day, 'Did I do my best to...?' Your problems won't disappear, but you will exist in a different relation to them, and you will improve.
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In low comedy, a character gets hit in the head, and you don't really believe it. In farce, he's hit in the head, but he must be hit in the head. The character requires it.
