James Cromwell Quotes
As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.
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I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.
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It's lovely to be considered pretty and lovely to do photo shoots, and I just love fashion. But I'm proud that I did the characters I wanted to do.
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
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There was a lot of me trying to be a 'fixer.' I was that kind of guy. I'd meet someone who had 'so much potential' that needed 'help.' I think that was kind of my curse for a long time.
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There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.
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After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even if I sing a jingle, I take it as seriously as oxygen.
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When we say a show is successful, it's because, relative to the investment, it's successful, relative to how else we would have spent that money on licensing something else, does this creation - did it attract the audience that it was built for.
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I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.
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In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring your very soul. Physical pain? Whatever, bring it on. But the humiliation? Oh, you have seen to the very weakest part of me.
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Everything in life has a price on it - there ain't a damn thing free in America, and football has got a price on it.
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Shakespeare is a wonderful language to speak, but it's also a world to get your mind into thematically.
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A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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Usually, I just don't care what I look like. If it's cold, I'm, like, putting on whatever I have to to be warm.
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There are no words to describe what it would mean making the Olympic team.
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When the demon was muscling for action she was like the princess in the fairy tale from whose mouth toads fell. The small part of her which remained outside the dominion of her temper stood aghast but inefficient as one after the other the reptiles showered forth.
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I loved Robert Altman, so gentle yet naughty! And Julian Fellowes writes so beautifully.
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I've got a great team around me with my family, manager and label, and we've all worked hard together to make things happen.
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As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.
