Douglas Coupland Quotes
In my mind, I've always checked out in 2037; that's always been my expiration date. I'll be 75.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
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If you're on a road trip, you need driving music.
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I want to have a long career.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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With the mega – fame came the mega – downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff.
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I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?
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As a college student, I worked as a mentor, and that got me involved in working with young people long before I became a foster parent.
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The Web is the new way to figure out who's hot and what's not. You can't let TV dictate because it's so polished, so political. It is what they want you to know. The Internet is the raw.
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Women are the strong people in this world, not men. I think TV is finally catching up with that reality, and thank God.
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I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while.
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I love singing some Johnny Cash, which is interesting because it's in a guy's key; I love singing Elvis Presley.
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I'm easily distracted by other things in the world around me.
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The Bible is not a book that you can open and say, 'Now, Lord, put some magic into my soul that will open up the meaning of this book.' There is only one way really to understand the Word, and that is through wrestling with the circumstances and happenings of life.
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I'm a hybrid, and I kind of like that. Raised by African parents, growing up I lived between Burkina Faso and Stains, a suburb just outside of Paris. In Stains, I had all the cultures in the world on my doorstep, and that opens up your mind.
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We're never going to escape the idea of being young. Which I don't mind myself. I mean, who wants to grow up anyway?
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I write all the time, even if it means recording in the hotel room. I write on the plane, anywhere, anytime I'm inspired or have ideas.
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In my mind, I've always checked out in 2037; that's always been my expiration date. I'll be 75.
