Phil Lord Quotes
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.
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When you're a child, it's easy to see school as the worst thing in the world. It's only later in life you realise what a wonderful time it was. Looking back, I can't believe I even wanted to leave.
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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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Offset's the animal out the group. But he ain't no bad guy.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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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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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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Families are families. We've all got them, more or less, and we all know what it's like to be bullied by another generation.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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It's up to the audience. It always has been.
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My parents were ordinary people; we lived in a small apartment.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.
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I want to go down in the history books as one of the greatest female boxers of all time, and I think I'm on the right path.
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What the Toronto festival premiere did was to reinforce why we wanted to do this. People approached us and said they had no idea how talented Liza was. In the past few years, her skills have been too obscured by the tabloid headlines. It is fantastic to see her being celebrated for what she should be celebrated for.
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I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.
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I think men are more adventurous in that they're more likely to take chances. Women play it safe. But now, maybe more of the women that see how it's working for the guys think, 'I can do that, too'. Maybe they'll pick male players, not necessarily female players; it's just whatever that match is that works for that player.
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I've never been passionate about acting, and I find more and more that I work to live the life I want to live. An actor like Al Pacino lives to act. I'm not sure though, there's something about the detachment I have, the feeling of the lack of importance about what I do, that is healthy.
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Having to top yourself is a good problem to have.
