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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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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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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Don't Cry Daddy is a pretty sad song. He got to the end of it and it was just real quiet and Elvis says, I'm gonna cut that someday for my daddy. And, by God, he did. He lived up to his word.
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I was about 14 when I started with a theater group; it was like a stage group on the weekends alongside school. And it was run by a group of guys who'd been to drama school themselves in London. So they introduced us to techniques that they'd learn about, and they kind of informed us about improvisation and screenwriting and all of that stuff.
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Well, I don't know about objectivity, but I know for certain that it's always possible for a professional journalist who understands what he or she's up to to be fair, and that's the key word. Fairness to individuals, fairness to ideas, and to issues and whatever - that is critical, and that is also part and parcel of what the job.
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Compare sending someone a text message and getting a love letter delivered by carrier pigeon. No contest.
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I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.
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The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing at you.
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I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.
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'Little Fish' has reminded me why I fell in love with acting in the first place.
