Bill Pullman Quotes
As an actor, you're continually riding the waves of whether you're in or out, getting work or not getting work, and Kazan was really a guy who was condemned into not working and looking to go deep into someplace and just live inside his art.
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We don't really watch basketball in Australia.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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I definitely agree with choices for women, but I do not agree with choices for women when they eliminate choices for men. Rather, I think that the sexes need to make choices that lead to the maximum amount of win-win for both sexes.
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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I'm just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just make it with a good heart.
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I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective.
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Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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I did two or three plays every summer.
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You have to stay on top and learn from mistakes.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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I can never find a movie I want to watch, even though I've got hundreds to choose from.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.
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Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it's not liable to ever happen. More often than not, work is salvation.
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Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.
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Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener.
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It's the time of year when the literati give advice on what we should be reading on our summer holidays. These terrifying lists often leave me appalled at my own ignorance, but also suspicious about the pretension of their advocates.
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As an actor, you're continually riding the waves of whether you're in or out, getting work or not getting work, and Kazan was really a guy who was condemned into not working and looking to go deep into someplace and just live inside his art.
