Martin Henderson Quotes
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I used to stay up all night playing 'Resident Evil 2,' and it wouldn't stop until the sun came up. Then I'd walk outside at dawn's first light, looking at the empty streets of London, and it was like life imitating art. It felt like I'd stepped into an actual zombie apocalypse.
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Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
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Obviously, it gave me a chance to see Barcelona. I won't deny that. But I also had a chance to see something in another country in terms of recycling and reusing nuclear material.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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I didn't really like reading much before I did 'The Golden Compass'. But then my teacher told me to read it. And I thought, 'Oh God, I'm going to have to read a whole book by myself!' It's not that I couldn't read, it's just that I didn't really like books very much. But the book that she lent me I really enjoyed.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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If you're offended, it's your problem.
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I had always been interested in politics. I had assumed, for a variety of - well, for two reasons, being Jewish and being gay back in the late '50s, early '60s - that I would never be elected or anything, but I would participate as an activist.
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I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
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One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.
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Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.
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I would never recommend losing on a bye, so that one definitely stays with you.
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I am undeniably afraid of the dark!
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In a world where companies increasingly know about their business in real time, it makes no sense that public reporting mostly follows the old quarterly schedule. Companies sit on vital information until reporting day, at which point the market goes crazy.
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I like being able to go to the supermarket and go on the Tube and have an ordinary domestic life. I'd hate to have to protect myself. I'm quite lucky that I can carry on without any intrusions. I don't get given a hard time by anyone.
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I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.
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I get a lot of people saying to me, 'Oh, you're the actor who plays the nutters,' and I'm not. I'm the guy who plays human beings. I understand why the characters are doing what they're doing. When you play a villain, you don't play a villain: you play a human being doing what he thinks he needs to do to get what he wants.
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Sometimes I realize halfway through a story, I'm like, 'Why would anyone care about this? It's uninteresting.'
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'Little Fish' has reminded me why I fell in love with acting in the first place.