Martin Clunes Quotes
I found out when I was 18 that Dad had left my mother and the family before he realised he was ill and then died. When I asked Mum about it, she just sort of shrugged it off and said she'd thought I knew about it all along. Of course I hadn't, though I'm sure she must have been desperately unhappy at the time.
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The disappearance of MH370 has tested our collective resolve.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.
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I think R. Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as an artist, he has to step so, so far outside the box, or else he feels like he's not challenging himself.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.
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My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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I don't think I realized the extremes of my proportions until I moved to Paris. I thought I'd be 'normal' as a model, but actually, even in that world, I was at one end of the spectrum.
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So, I have my own horse and two ponies. I grew up around horses, and that really is my passion.
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I really fought to make my character not a stereotype. I play a soap star with dyed blonde hair.
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For years Don Imus was just – boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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There is no story that can't be improved by adding zombies.
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I'll tell ya, my wife and I, we don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless, and I donate money to the topless!
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'Immortals' is all action. I love action movies. That's really where I want to spearhead my career.
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I found out when I was 18 that Dad had left my mother and the family before he realised he was ill and then died. When I asked Mum about it, she just sort of shrugged it off and said she'd thought I knew about it all along. Of course I hadn't, though I'm sure she must have been desperately unhappy at the time.
