Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal. I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.
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My parents did their best - that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite of their parents, and I think I did.
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It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.
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By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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My happiest moments of growing up in the Bronx were when my mom would bring home a new sports magazine from the candy store. I would jump out of bed and grab it from her. Then I'd rip the front cover right off and tape it to my bedroom wall.
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If I did everything, I probably wouldn't be here talking to you. There aren't too many people who can actually double me, so I do most of my stunts though.
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I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.
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If I had Instagram, it would be pictures of my son, who is a cat.
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In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the original 'Thick As A Brick,' supposedly a precocious, very young child who's fantasizing about his future and the context of all the confusing elements to which school boys are subjected at that time.
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Obviously, 'Lincoln' is not about the telegraph operator. There's a whole other movie before and after the two isolated scenes that I'm in.
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I have literally played the most interesting parts since I turned 40.
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I wasn't really qualified to be on Saturday Night Live - I'm not like an impressionist or anything.
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I don't have goals when writing books, apart from getting to the end. I have rather vague ideas about how I want things to feel, I'm big on ambience. I have a title, a beginning and a probable ending and go from there.
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Living with a stammer is difficult. It's a daily uphill struggle with emotional baggage weighing you down. You can't be the person you want to be.
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To sum up, what has been our policy? We looked for and found friends all throughout the world.
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I had admired the way the producers of the 'Harry Potter' franchise had found David Yates, who ended up doing their four final movies, and he'd come from television.
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I'm real happy. I've been lucky in love, and I've got a wonderful kid now, and things have been going well.
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The great teams find a way to win.
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It's very difficult for me to evaluate my own stuff.
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People ask me about fighting in real life and, honestly, it wouldn't look as graceful as it does in film and TV.
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I would like to, especially in film, play against type and do some heavier stuff. I'm intrigued by projects that deal with problematic people and things.
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Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.
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Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal. I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.
