J. G. Ballard Quotes
Selfish men make the best lovers. They're prepared to invest in the women's pleasures so that they can collect an even bigger dividend for themselves.
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I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
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A lot of people have it tougher than I do.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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USC has really developed my love for the cinema.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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I was addicted to the original 'Star Trek' when I was growing up, because of my dad. We grew up in St. Helens, Oregon and we weren't allowed to watch a lot of TV.
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I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.
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While I did not get any formal training in acting, every summer vacation, from the age of five, my father would take me to Ooty with him, and I would do films as a child star. I did over 10 films like that, and it was understood that post finishing my education, I would become an actor.
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Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.
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A lot of movies that come from Israel are about war, but there is such good, funny, rounded writing that comes from the country that I wish more people would discover.
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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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I remember in 'Pride and Prejudice' I had to do a scene where I broke down. And before we filmed I spent like three hours imagining my mum's funeral. Actually, she's very much alive, happy and healthy. It was really horrible.
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A movie star is someone who has to open a film to gazillions of dollars. I'm just trying to pay my mortgage.
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The one thing I'm absolutely obsessed with lately are gadgets! New cell phones; I walk around with three phones because I have all the new ones, and I can't choose which I prefer.
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My first film, 'Like Minds,' was with Toni Colette, who was extraordinary. I mean it was basically a mini-masterclass for acting on film at a time when all you could probably see were my eyebrows bouncing up and down on screen.
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Writing is agony for me. I work at it eight hours every day, hoping to get six pages, but I am satisfied with three.
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It's kind of hard coming from 'Saturday Night Live,' which is a sketch-driven show, to a movie.
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I've interviewed the president in the White House. I'd interviewed major newsmakers and Hollywood actors.
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I would like to get another job in London or tour there. I miss my friends.
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Selfish men make the best lovers. They're prepared to invest in the women's pleasures so that they can collect an even bigger dividend for themselves.
