David Puttnam Quotes
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Without a dog, no one will listen to your opinions for more than a few minutes without interrupting to tell you their opinions, which you won't find nearly as interesting.
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I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
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Yoga may look peaceful and calming, but even Arnold Schwarzenegger would have trouble breathing after twenty 'surya namaskars' in a row.
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There is only one thing that a man really wants to do, all his life; and that is, to find his way to his God, his Morning Star, salute his fellow man, and enjoy the woman who has come the long way with him.
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I like to emphasize my eyes because if I do it well enough, then they look very blue.
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Finding my way into a novel is always half the battle.
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I think that 'Family Guy' is hysterical. It's edgy and hip - and they can do whatever they want to do because it's animated and they're not limited by budget.
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But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there.
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Sometimes you're in great demand. Then suddenly your career hits the breaks.
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I think with improv - and I say it all the time because it's become such a catch thing that you talk about improv - if the scene is well-written, you don't need to improv. But that being said, if something strikes you in the moment and, most importantly, you know where the scene is supposed to go, it's no different than method acting.
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Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.
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Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.
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Whenever I see a forecast written out to two decimal places, I cannot help but wonder if there is a misunderstanding of the limitations of the data, and an illusion of precision.
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Ah! County Guy, the hour is nigh,The sun has left the lea.
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Slowly but inexorably crawling upon my consciousness and rising above every other impression, came a dizzying fear of the unknown; a fear all the greater because I could not analyse it, and seeming to concern a stealthily approaching menace; not death, but some nameless, unheard-of thing inexpressibly more ghastly and abhorrent.
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I don't sound like other people. My voice isn't as loud and can't do certain things athletically.
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I don't sing lead - I am not the lead singer - but I do sing some stuff sometimes.
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I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights.
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In my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation's future.
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I have self-actualized. Pardon me whilst I adjust my glowing halo.
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I make records all the time. But making records is not quite the same as getting them to the audience.
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Film and the other creative industries are being transformed by digital technologies.
