Elvis Mitchell Quotes
When an actor commits himself to a role as fully as Russell Crowe does in the grandiose and silly 'Gladiator,' you may ask yourself why and at the same time thank him for his absorption in the part.
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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'
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My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.
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As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
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A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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I always look to play flawed characters. I'm not very interested in playing somebody that's just, you know, the very nice one or the attractive one, or whatever, which a lot of female parts can just be written that way.
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I have always wanted to be liked and respected.
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I've been in a New York City-based cabaret for the past seven years called The Citizens Band. It's possibly one of the most brilliant things I've ever been involved with.
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There's no point breaking a lot of crockery unnecessarily.
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The way to compose for me is to have lots of time.
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In most of the countries in the Muslim world today, most of them are autocratic regimes that are unpopular if not detested by their people. They need a scapegoat and for a long time the imperialist served that purpose.
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It's always hard, after you've been in command, to take a lesser role.
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Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.
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I grew up in a little bubble of Brooklyn in France! In Stains, I was learning to speak English; I was listening to Biggie Smalls and KRS-One, and so I basically lived the life by proxy. At the same time, I had the same problems and issues they were singing about right next to me, so it was easy to identify with it.
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When an actor commits himself to a role as fully as Russell Crowe does in the grandiose and silly 'Gladiator,' you may ask yourself why and at the same time thank him for his absorption in the part.
