Donald E. Graham Quotes
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.
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I like to keep my private life private.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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Marty Russo was too good a golfer to be a servant of the people.
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I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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I was born and raised in Essex, just outside London, to a financially comfortable, well-educated Pakistani family.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.
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I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
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Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
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My beliefs encompass all religions. But I never show my religious inclination in my films. My characters have dark sides; they aren't the god-fearing characters. It wasn't a conscious decision. I'm a very lazy and emotional person who connects with the common man.
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I'm really rubbish with technology; I'm super backward! I think I got a mobile phone last out of all my friends. I really worried about people being able to get hold of me at any time - I really hated that idea.
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Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image.
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The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be born in a man. No dramatic college can teach its pupils to think or to feel. It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.
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I was lucky to become a Facebook board member in late 2008. Restricted stock units granted me at the time have increased many times in value.
