David Harewood Quotes
When my agent told me I had an audition for 'Friar Tuck,' I burst out laughing. It actually brought a bit of sunshine to my day. I was thinking: fat suit. I was thinking: shaving my head. It was so outlandish, such a crazy idea.
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Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe.
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I've always liked to dress up; I've always liked to look good. You look good, you feel good, you play good.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.
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I don't want to over-promise and under-deliver.
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.
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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam.
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Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
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My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.
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I love food - I am never on a diet - I swear to God!
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I love doing costumes. The costume is an actor's first line, so it's gotta be right!
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I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.
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It's bad enough being conned into singing an anti-war message by John Lennon when you think you're just wishing everyone a merry Christmas.
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I like to keep Valentine's dinner light so you don't crash after and can keep the fun going through the night!
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You don't write 'God Save The Queen' because you hate the English race, you write a song like that because you love them; and you're fed up with them being mistreated.
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As I sit here writing and look across the room at Janice, I keep thinking of the most heartbreaking question: which of us will go first?
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I think we need to start thinking about grounding our moral systems in our biology.
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I opposed annexing in areas around our city borders, because I knew that if neighborhoods wanted to be a part of the city, well, they would mandate themselves in and invite themselves into a city. That's just one example of even on a local level how dangerous it is for a politician to start thinking they know more than that individual family, that individual business.
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Not many people are interested in what somebody else is thinking, or what they have to say. The best you can hope for is they'll listen to you just so you'll have to listen to them.
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When my agent told me I had an audition for 'Friar Tuck,' I burst out laughing. It actually brought a bit of sunshine to my day. I was thinking: fat suit. I was thinking: shaving my head. It was so outlandish, such a crazy idea.
