Nelsan Ellis Quotes
You go back to my town, it's like going back to the 1960s... just not a great place to grow up.
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He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
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I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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I think for being not unsympathetic that their appearance may also appear, so differently it, must; similarly as with animals, which meet us in very different forms, which look somehow harmonious however all. On exactly such forms I would stand.
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Blogs are quite a new development - now, everyone wants to know you, everyone wants to know everything about you. And you can build a following that way. In a way, it's a good thing if you want to create a buzz around yourself.
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You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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I think the colleges should be free to give athletes less than a full scholarship, no scholarship and more than a scholarship. And the athletes should be free to bargain.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
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I'm a good guy. I love playing bad guys, but good guys that have a good thing going on, I like that, too. I don't like passive good guys.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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Someone who knew me when I was 14 said I was the oldest 14-year-old on the planet. Now I'm a 14-year-old who is 60.
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a naturally boisterous person.
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I was in Nashville quite a bit when I shot 'Nashville,' and I was in Los Angeles when I shot in 'Supergirl'.
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I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there's a high relationship between people that were exposed to Agent Orange and the kind of lymphoma that I had. The prostate cancer was genetic in my family. My father had prostate cancer, my - three of my four uncles had prostate cancer.
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It got so bad that by the time I was graduated, the only reading I did was in order to get the grade and the only writing I did was in order to get the grade.
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When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.
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The soil is actually the greatest technology we have for adapting to climate change. And I feel it's our generation's duty to build it back up.
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When I'm writing a song, I'm just making stuff up as I go along.
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Even if the coverage is leaning toward you or whatever it may be, there's ways to beat it.
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You go back to my town, it's like going back to the 1960s... just not a great place to grow up.
