Dennis Haysbert Quotes
There are always different roles and questions to be asked about certain characters.
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.
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I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.
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If you don't ponder the end of the world on a regular basis, I don't think you're really human.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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I like fashion, but I love, love, love music and film; they are my two passions. I would love to pursue my acting and my love of music more than anything.
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Fishing is very meditative; you need to be able to give up control and cast out the line and then hope for the best, so in that way, it's quite like acting.
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As a 17-year-old, I remember positively dreading dance sequences. I would come to shoots, quaking with nervousness at the idea of making other artistes do retakes due to my mistakes.
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She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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I think the reason I love 'Antiques Roadshow' is that it is sort of like the lottery. There's the chance a regular Joe could walk in with anything and come out close to a millionaire. There's the thrill of the find.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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I feel very close to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders.
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Every character I approach, from 'Forrest Gump' all the way up to 'The Spoils Before Dying,' has a different set of requirements and always fascinates me.
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When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.
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Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.
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When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship.
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The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.
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'At least we can put a little sense into life.''I don’t know whether we do or whether we find what was always there,' he replied. 'Nor do I care greatly. To me, the important thing is that the purpose-order, beauty, spirit, whatever you want to call it-does exist.'
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There are always different roles and questions to be asked about certain characters.
