Mark Strickson Quotes
There are three things that are important for a film. Number one is story, number two is story, number three is story. Good actors can save a bad script and make it bearable, but good actors can't make a bad script good - they can just make it bearable.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I love 'The X-Men;' that was the first comic series that I was dedicated to, because I feel like you can pick your player. 'I'm the most like Gambit... or I'm totally a Storm.'
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived.
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For the longest time, my older brother told me he was teaching me self-defense, but now that I'm grown up, I realize he was just practicing his martial arts on me.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.
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Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
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I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.
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I always felt like Tahliah's a very grown-up name to have. It's a pretty name when you're young, and then I think when I became a young lady, it felt kind of like a lot to grow into for some reason. I don't know. It sounds kind of regal. I never really liked it. I always felt like I couldn't live up to it.
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I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
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I'm not a violent person.
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I'm a 'Harry Potter' fan, a 'Twilight' fan, and I think 'The Hunger Games' surpasses them all.
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Wonder Woman, she's amazing. I love everything that she represents and everything that she stands for. She's all about love and compassion and truth and justice and equality, and she's a whole lot of woman.
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I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
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I'm a total foodie.
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I left Edinburgh to follow the London punk scene in 1978, singing and playing guitar in various bands. My income was sporadic, so I did anything to eke out some kind of subsistence - laying down slabs, working as a kitchen porter.
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When you have a voice, you also have a moral obligation to use that voice for good.
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NATO's got a vital role to play. It's very important that we protect NATO.
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A lot of locked-room mysteries take time for you to pay attention and see the setup. They aren't thrillers, and they don't move along. The modern mystery story is really faster-paced, and I think modern readers tend to prefer seeing something happening on every other page.
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The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.
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There are three things that are important for a film. Number one is story, number two is story, number three is story. Good actors can save a bad script and make it bearable, but good actors can't make a bad script good - they can just make it bearable.
