Martin Freeman Quotes
Please God, I'll never be in a war zone, but everything I sort of know about people who come back is that it's a hard transition to make. I mean, even if you've not been in a war, even if you've just been in the Forces, you come back and probably have more fights in civilian life.
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.
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I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
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The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.
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Everyone wants to psychoanalyze me. I don't know why.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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I've always been creating my whole life, you know. I've just had a need to create, whether it was sculpting or writing or directing. It's just ever since I was a kid, I don't know.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.
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I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have to say 'no' to things and to know how and what to prioritize.
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When I feel like I'm not doing what I am supposed to as a mother, I will torture myself. I don't know how to deal with it. I find some consolation in the fact that all mommies feel it. If there was a way to cure mommy guilt, I would bottle it and be a bazillionaire.
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The truly important things in life - love, beauty, and one's own uniqueness - are constantly being overlooked.
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Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
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Please God, I'll never be in a war zone, but everything I sort of know about people who come back is that it's a hard transition to make. I mean, even if you've not been in a war, even if you've just been in the Forces, you come back and probably have more fights in civilian life.
