Owen King Quotes
I think the model that I look at is someone like Jakob Dylan, whose dad is obviously every bit if not more famous than mine. He's a guy who sought to build a career on his own, doing something that's a little bit different than what his father does.
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My first 'Tonight Show' was just one of those things - I mean this seriously - a cosmic, meant-to-be coming together of circumstance. You walk out there to do your first 'Tonight Show': Is the audience going to be hot? Are you going to be on fire? It's like an athlete: Are you going to have your moves at a peak?
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I had a pretty bad time when I was an undergraduate at Cornell University. I failed out of school. I was much, much heavier.
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At first, I found the music I was making really hard to find a home for. I felt like my attitude was really British, but not the actual sounds I was making. Back in 2003, when I made 'Galang,' there were no clubs that had an 'anything and everything' attitude.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.
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I'm having a good time. Managing my things takes a lot of time.
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I'm not really a mainstream novelist!
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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When I write and develop things myself, I might work for a while on a script from a book, and then I go back and read the book and go back into it to see if I lost something: is there something there?
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian.
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If you're driving, and a cop is behind you, you automatically think they're going to pull you over, but cops have so much more going on than to think about pulling you over. The last thing a real cop wants to do is write a ticket. That's the truth.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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Small ideas won't help Illinois' future.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.
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People understand about family; people understand about being in situations where you have to be brave. People get falling in love.
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Skullcrack City messes with your mind the way William Burroughs or a bellyful of hallucinogens will do. I'm a longtime fan of Johnson. A master of derangement, he's been bringing it for years. This time, though, it's different. He's burst into the clear and is taking seven-league strides across the literary landscape.
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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That's so important for children when they're growing up, to have a strong male role model.
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I think the model that I look at is someone like Jakob Dylan, whose dad is obviously every bit if not more famous than mine. He's a guy who sought to build a career on his own, doing something that's a little bit different than what his father does.
