Martin Campbell Quotes
I tried to get a job as a TV cameraman and they basically told me, 'You're mad, everyone wants these jobs - and if you go to England, you're doubly mad.' But I worked in abattoirs for 10 months to earn my money, then left for London. I didn't even know what a director did.
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My last series was on A.B.C., a one-hour called 'My Generation'. Critics liked it. I was on for two weeks, and that was a tough one.
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I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
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I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.
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I get bored easily.
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That's one of the things that I've loved about 'Spider-Man' and Marvel in general. The characters all have dimension.
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Values are more important than money.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
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It seems to me that one of the things that happened with a lot of literary fiction in the 1980s and 1990s was that it became very concerned with the academy and less with how people live their lives. We got to a point where the crime novel stepped into the breach. It was also a time when the crime novel stopped being so metropolitan.
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Everything I say is true.
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By the time I got to set for 'Cobra,' I think I'd lost about 28 pounds in about a month and a half. I didn't want to look back and be like, 'Wow, someone should stop eating PB and J's.' Like, if I'm going to look back when I'm 80, I wanted to be like, 'Wow, okay, I looked pretty fit. I used my youth right.'
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What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
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I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
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My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.
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I have found that my fan base is a bit above average when compared to the common horror fan.
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You can make excuses and you can make money, but you cannot make both.
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We're kind of just in a standby mode at the moment.
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I can remember in the late 1980s and early 1990s how many men with AIDS I saw everywhere in Key West. There were hospices and medical supply stores geared to people with AIDS. It seemed that every sick man who could afford it had headed for the warmth and the tranquillity and the gay-friendliness of the island.
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I enjoyed living in Canada, where my husband comes from, because I was treated like any ordinary person. I became a volunteer at my children's school; I went into the classroom. It was very grounding. I got sick of being famous.
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My success comes in making fun of whatever you're doing. That's my way.
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I tried to get a job as a TV cameraman and they basically told me, 'You're mad, everyone wants these jobs - and if you go to England, you're doubly mad.' But I worked in abattoirs for 10 months to earn my money, then left for London. I didn't even know what a director did.
