Philippe Petit Quotes
As a high wire walker, I do not allow myself to 'leave the wire' during a performance.
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If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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I am an untrained musician and a common man's singer.
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I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.
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What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other fields as well, such as writing, directing, and/or camera operating. Being on set is like being on a playground. I go from one thing to the next, and I've learned so much and hope to continue learning.
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I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial.
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I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud of.
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You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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If you sit in a bath of pineapple chunks, it can kill you. That's well documented.
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It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great.
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When it comes to jobs, jobs are just like products in the sense that the free market operates and sees that somebody gets paid what they're worth.
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Men create the gods in their own image.
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Coaching the Bruins is like going bear hunting with a butter knife.
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I'm a little bit of a control freak.
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I always say you just need 20 minutes a day. That is it: 20 minutes to do really fast circuits, and you can bring some weights with you to work.
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What I love about my job is challenging myself and finding weird, different roles.
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People's behaviour towards you changes when your films don't work. It's a painful period.
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Audiences just naturally hate me on screen. I could play a role in a tuxedo, and people would think I was rotten. You can do much more with a villain part.
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As a high wire walker, I do not allow myself to 'leave the wire' during a performance.
