David Thewlis Quotes
You become judged entirely on your ability to bring in the dollars, and the fact that none of the films I did was a huge hit became significant.
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The degree that these scenes went to... there was a couple of days I was upset... I'd have to hurry back to the girls in the makeup trailer and have a bit of a cry because it messes with your head.
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My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
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I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.
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But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.
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You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
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I'd like to do a comedy, actually. I think it would be great to do a sitcom or something like that. I'm pretty much open to anything.
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People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.
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I've never been a movie buff. If I did go to a theatre to watch a film, half the time, I would fall asleep.
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What you guys want, I'm for.
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It wasn't a deliberate decision to become a poet. It was something I found myself doing - and loving. Language became an addiction.
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I want to be strong. I want to be able to hit people. I want people to be able to bounce off me. When I go out there and play, I play to intimidate people. If someone gets hit down by me, they're going to think twice about coming near me again.
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Actona is a healthy company with strong values, very competent management and a solid organisation.
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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Wo Politik ist oder Oekonomie, da ist keine Moral.
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And sometimes when the night is slow The wretched and the meek We gather up our hearts and go A Thousand Kisses Deep.
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The chimpanzees in the zoos do it, Some courageous kangaroos do it Let's do it, let's fall in love. I'm sure giraffes on the sly do it, Even eagles as they fly do it, Let's do it, let's fall in love.
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Where are reliable journalism and reliable investigative voices going to come from? I love the days of old - the Walter Cronkites, the Dan Rathers.
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To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.
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When you lose, nobody likes it and you start turning on each other.
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Sixteen Tons was written eight years before I recorded it.
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You put a movie star or a bunch of movie stars in a movie, it doesn't mean people are gonna go see it. It's been proven time and time again.
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You become judged entirely on your ability to bring in the dollars, and the fact that none of the films I did was a huge hit became significant.
