Dennis Farina Quotes
You can't act for the editing. You have to leave that to him. So you just go in and do the scene the way you think is right or whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.
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I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.
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You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
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I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
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To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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In Singapore, there is this life and locals and restaurants and then big casinos and an array of chefs, and even Miami is almost close to Vegas when it comes to an amazing presentation of chefs. But they don't have these massive hotels that have become their own culinary villages.
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
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They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.
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My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.
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Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
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The way I usually put it is that as an SF writer, I'm never required to be right.
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I know what my comfort zones are. But without a back-up, I will never step out of my comfort zone. I don't go bungee jumping; I won't jump from the third floor without a safety net. I don't do such things. That's not my personality type.
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I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.
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...if the music stops and there's only the sound of the rainAll the hope and glory - All the sacrifice in vain(And) If love remains, though everything is lostWe will pay the price, but we will not count the cost - Bravado (1991)
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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
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You can't act for the editing. You have to leave that to him. So you just go in and do the scene the way you think is right or whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.
