Quintilian Quotes
Quamlibet multa egerimus, quodam tamen modo recentes sumus ad id quod incipimus. quis non obtundi potest, si per totum diem cuiuscunque artis unum magistrum ferat? mutatione recreabitur sicut in cibis, quorum diversitate reficitur stomachus et pluribus minore fastidio alitur.
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I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.
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I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.
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Paris and Nicky Hilton? Those girls will show up to the opening of a phone book. It's like a big joke.
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I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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The mystified idea I had of Israel - the demonization of Israel - it just wasn't true.
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It hasn't really made it easier getting film work. It's not like I can call up a studio or a producer and say - insert haughty voice here - 'It's Parker. I guess you might know me as the indie queen. I'm wondering if you have any projects for me to be in.'
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Gluttony is not a secret vice.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
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Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced.
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When I was a kid, I would make kung fu movies with the kids in the neighborhood, and I would be the guy behind the camera directing everybody, but they were all very silly little shorts and comedy bits.
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I'd like to be curvier.
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You get some directors, and I can never understand it - there's a thing they call the 'video village' where all the monitors are, and you've probably seen it on set visits - I hate that! I never, ever like sitting in video village. I get either my own monitor or a hand held monitor, and I stand right by the camera.
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I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear.
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I've had a good life, full of more success and happiness than I ever expected.
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Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
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I could have been better. That's my goal now, to be better.
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'The Hobbit' was one of the first biggish books I ever read. I remember vividly the 'riddles in the dark' passage, and it meant a lot to me to finally get to play it after all these years.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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I came to Hollywood to write and found out I don't have the attention span.
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Luckily I don't have a sinful past, because there's nothing you can hide from your kids now.
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Quamlibet multa egerimus, quodam tamen modo recentes sumus ad id quod incipimus. quis non obtundi potest, si per totum diem cuiuscunque artis unum magistrum ferat? mutatione recreabitur sicut in cibis, quorum diversitate reficitur stomachus et pluribus minore fastidio alitur.
