David Sylvian Quotes
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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.
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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.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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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.
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Be curious, not judgmental.
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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.
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Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.
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I'm an off-the-charts introvert. To me, being around groups of strangers is exhausting. I've had to sort of train myself to think about two tactics: finding common ground and invoking humor.
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I design flats like I design heels: They must be seductive, beautiful and comfortable.
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Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.
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Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.
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I looked at my parents when I was 17, and I said, 'I'm moving to L.A.'
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When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins just down the street... except for an older boy named Vito who threw rocks. Each year I would wish for a baby brother. It never happened.
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I've worked very hard to become comfortable with how death works and why it happens. I now know that death isn't out to get me.
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His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours.
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There has been a change in men's attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion; they're not afraid of it.
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Sure, I got lost, which is an actor's worst nightmare. But it is a gift as well, because great things come out of being lost and unsure, especially if you have a controlling side or a perfectionist side, which plenty of us do.
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I wasn't bullied by the mean girls in high school. I'm just bullied by adults and teenagers all over the world.
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I think closing-off is the most detrimental thing we can do as people. Also, the idea of not judging oneself.
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You never know, I might get back into coaching someday.
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A large part of my life revolves around my dad. Sometimes, I even feel a strong sense of connection, something very tangible when I learn something new in the martial arts.
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The first thing you learn about the music business is that it changes very quickly. You come into it at a certain point and you think you have a handle on it... And then, three years later, the whole thing has been turned upside-down.
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During the lifetime of Japan I became very neurotic, very paranoid.
