James Cromwell Quotes
I'm a character actor. Nobody's ever seemed to think of me as a leading man. I'm 6'6''. I've got a big nose. I'm gangly. I've got crooked teeth. That's certainly not Brad Pitt. I'm still around and alive, so if they need older guys, I guess they're thinking of me.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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I admire people like Kristen Wiig, who is hilarious but also does a lot of really cool films. I would love to have a career like hers.
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I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
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A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war.
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I am a little older and understand the nature of the business - the older you get the more your skills supposedly diminish, but I think I am getting wiser in how to use my physical skills. That's the frustrating part when you put so much heart and desire into things and feel like you are not wanted.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week.
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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 want to avoid injuries by running only road.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
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CEOs and employers at for-profit corporations should not be able to prevent women from access to health care simply because of their own personal religious objections.
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Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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A lot of fighters come from Brazil. We've been doing this for long, long years.
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When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.
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There are definite reference points to older Depeche Mode records.
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I know one man who was impotent who gave AIDS to his wife and the only thing they did was kiss.
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You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact.
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Every actor is always prepared for the worst when it comes to work.
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I'm a character actor. Nobody's ever seemed to think of me as a leading man. I'm 6'6''. I've got a big nose. I'm gangly. I've got crooked teeth. That's certainly not Brad Pitt. I'm still around and alive, so if they need older guys, I guess they're thinking of me.
