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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Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy.
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I chose 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' specifically 'cause I had just made 'The Bourne Identity' and made a film that glamorized being an action hero, and I wanted to make the exact opposite. I wanted to make a movie that glamorized maintaining a marriage, and that made the action hero part seem easy and made the marriage part seem hard.
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I love working with talented young performers.
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I'd rather be lucky than good.
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Galaxie 500 broke up because it was time. We broke up as a result of internal contradictions.
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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.
