Kodi Smit-McPhee Quotes
I wasn't bullied or anything, but I was treated differently because I was an actor, and I had big dreams.
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I've been hyper-conscious about staying away from rubbish. I don't eat white bread, white rice or cereal unless it's porridge.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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I'm going to always rise above the doubt that may exist about me.
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You wouldn't expect a Christian character to be an Indie rocker guy.
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I want the people of the Philippines to be happy, even if they have nothing.
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Being on 'The Following' is constantly flying by the seat of my pants. The story can change and the character can change at a moment's notice.
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With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first murder, with the first purge and execution, we have lost the revolution.
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The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs. It's a contest right now.
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I was sure I wanted to grow up to be either a veterinarian or a writer. In fact, I worked for a vet during high school, doing everything from cleaning cages to assisting in surgery.
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The myth of writer as, like, Asperger-style misanthrope, or, like, the Jack Nicholson, 'As Good As It Gets' - it just doesn't work, because writers, in order to write good characters, need to understand people. You need to understand your audience. You need to have so much empathy you could almost encourage empathy in others.
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I think that addiction is a very, very important thing that has to be treated, but has to be treated as a health problem and not as a police problem.
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I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that I could. The sense of humour here is great – once I could have a giggle, I settled down.
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'The Office' is less a comedy than so many other 'comedies' that have been on the air. It's really about the balance between what is real and what is comic.
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Young love is wild and outrageous, laughing at moderation and blinding us to common sense.
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When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body.
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When it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s, just like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s.
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'Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.' He laughed. 'But don't let me down and become human yourself. We would lose a wonderful machine.'
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There are things that tend to moderate with age. Schizophrenia is somewhat like that.
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I write songs very quickly, so the 20 minutes of joy I get out of writing a song doesn't compare to the two months of joy I get engaging with the people who like my music.
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On the comedy side of what I love as a filmmaker are Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, and Eddie Murphy; those are my favorites.
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Back in my younger years, I read an average of a book a day. That was when I was going to school full time and working a job after school 30 hours or more a week.
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There are things you fantasize about doing and saying, and then ultimately don't because it's illegal.
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I wasn't bullied or anything, but I was treated differently because I was an actor, and I had big dreams.
