Dylan Moran Quotes
I'm just trying to understand what's around me as much as anyone else is, really. To draw a bead on a moving target.
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If other people want to say that I'm the next person in boxing, then that's up to them. That's their opinion.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.
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There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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I was an easygoing guy, and school was pretty much people trying to challenge me to a fight, y'know, saying, 'Rambo! Rocky!'
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Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.
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A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.
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It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this should be played by Domhnall Gleeson, not me.'
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The only times I'm not relaxed are when I haven't got a project on the go.
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They were all interested in what I was going to do, because I'd never worked in televsion before.
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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Love prefers twilight to daylight.
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I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say 'cut' you have 10 people jumping on them and everybody's trying to do a great job, and they do, but sometimes they forget that the more important thing is the performance, creating the performance.
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There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.
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It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem.
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I'm just trying to understand what's around me as much as anyone else is, really. To draw a bead on a moving target.
