Martin Landau Quotes
I've spent a lot of time playing roles that didn't really challenge me. I suppose every actor feels that way.
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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At the end of the spectrum when you get to that 12th step, when you have that spiritual awakening we make ourselves available to help other people.
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You trivialize the idea of competition totally, then there's no point in having the competition in the first place, and everybody is getting a trophy.
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I really am an open book. I don't keep anything in at all, which is good and bad.
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I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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You have had indeed a fair trial. It is a shocking thing when a judge of your high office is shown to have betrayed the truth and his honor, and I sentence you to the penitentiary.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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I make my own face exfoliant at home, using finely ground rice powder mixed with milk or yogurt. I also treat my skin to a honey, rose water, glycerine and lemon face pack. The honey moisturises, and the lemon removes impurities.
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I'm always really curious about, you know, 'How do you deal with success psychologically?' and all this stuff.
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Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.
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We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence.
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When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.
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All the dancer's gestures are signs of things, and the dance called rational, because it aptly signifies and displays something over and above the pleasure of the senses.
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People think of me as a privileged young girl born to wear a chiffon party dress. I was born into a big acting family, and although I absolutely adore them, it's taken me time to work out how or where I feel comfortable.
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I've spent a lot of time playing roles that didn't really challenge me. I suppose every actor feels that way.
