Idris Elba Quotes
I did green screen for the first time! I wouldn't like to do a whole movie of green screen, though. You kind of forget the plot a little - like being in a Broadway play and doing it over and over and forgetting your line halfway through.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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He was the average guy. Maurice, I think, reflected every man.
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Conflict is always the right thing to do when it matters.
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Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
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I'm always the interrogator. When I was an actor in rep, I always played sinister parts. The directors always said, 'If there's a nasty man about, cast Harold Pinter.'
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You shouldn't go around the world behaving ruthlessly when you don't have to. Sometimes you do have to. There is only so much pie to go around. If you're going to take more than your fair share of pie, as socialists would look at it, then someone else is not getting his. That means you've got to take it away from them.
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I like heels and make-up.
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Tcl tends to get ported to weird places like routers.
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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it.
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The self-surmounter can never put up with the man who has ceased to be dissatisfied with himself.
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The phenomena and underlying mechanisms discussed in this book may thus become even more relevant to a larger and larger portion of human activity. Understand their origin, and be prepared for subtle but significant precursors!
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People like to see me fight. A name can only take you so far. There are only a few fighters out of the thousands of boxers out there that have name recognition. I'm definitely not upset by that.
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I did green screen for the first time! I wouldn't like to do a whole movie of green screen, though. You kind of forget the plot a little - like being in a Broadway play and doing it over and over and forgetting your line halfway through.
