David Sylvian Quotes

During the lifetime of Japan I became very neurotic, very paranoid.

David Sylvian

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Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they'd probably throw you out. That's very hard.

Wallace Shawn
- Believe
- Trying
- Acting
In China, because Chinese is a tonal language, it can be kind of hard to follow people's emotional tracks. There was one moment where a woman I was interviewing just sort of burst into tears, and I can usually sort of tell when things are coming on, and in that moment, it was very unexpected.

Hailey Gates
- People
- Woman
- Emotional
There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.

B. B. King
- Done
- Want
- Still
Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.

Orson Welles
- Fall
- Tree
- Christmas
Be curious, not judgmental.

Walt Whitman
- Curious
- Judgmental
What I consider a good part for a woman and what some other Hollywood people think are good women's parts are very different. I don't want to play the supportive girlfriend who has nine scenes and just loves that man, maybe cheats on him in one scene but will always be there, and I mean - give me a break.

Laura Dern
- People
- Good
- Different