James Cromwell Quotes
My first films were comedy, 'Murder By Death,' and 'The Cheap Detective.' But now they won't think of me as a comedian. Now, they think of me as a bad guy, and I can't do comedy.
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My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.
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The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job.
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The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.
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In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
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If you really love someone and care about him, you can survive many difficulties.
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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.
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My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.
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I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.
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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
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Did I shop Kmart for clothing? No, I didn't. But I loved that I could be totally involved in the hangtags, the buttons, the commercials and with the designers. Something in my head said 'Yes.' I was adventurous.
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I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
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I have been cooking with preserved lemon for years, using it left, right and centre, but I am still far from reaching my limit.
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Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
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The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.
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I've really enjoyed doing 'Annie Get Your Gun' and loved Neil Simon stuff like 'Chapter Two.'
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My first job entailed spending a summer working in a cornfield in Nebraska.
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I do myself up kind of like a doll. I have a doll collection and I look at their outfits and kind of imitate them.
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Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories.
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For me, self-gratification eventually took a backseat to trying to do something collaborative with other people, to trying to make something new.
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You go in the weight room and you lift weights and you do all these things to strengthen your body. This is strengthening your mind. When you can stay focused and you can use that focus to always come back with your breath to center yourself, so that you're kind of floating in the moment, in the spirit.
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You can be sexy and feel good in your skin, no matter what size you are.
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My first films were comedy, 'Murder By Death,' and 'The Cheap Detective.' But now they won't think of me as a comedian. Now, they think of me as a bad guy, and I can't do comedy.
