James Purefoy Quotes
One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.
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The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes.
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I'm just a musician and a record producer.
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The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion.
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My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters.
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Our movements reveal a great deal about who we are. A record of our locations over time can reveal whether we go to tent revivals or radical political meetings, abortion clinics or AIDS doctors.
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The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a story. And what is happening now is a copying, a pastiche-ing of what was done by great men.
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I'm working on bridging the gap between mainstream famous and Internet famous. They're two different things, but eventually, social media will be the way to become a celebrity.
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My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.
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I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.
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I don't really understand what the public perception of me is. I think public perception and reality are two wholly different things.
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I love challenging myself, doing different things, and exploring different areas that I haven't been to or gone to before.
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When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.
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It's just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
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It is important to keep the filmmakers interested in you so they can offer you everything and anything. We actors are not given work on the basis of audience poll; the filmmaker will cast you after they see and like your work. It is essential to do different kind of films and not get typecast.
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I'd like to do some things over again. I never want to repeat anything that went well, though - I just want to do better at slightly different things.
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I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.
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Projects you think are no-brainers stall, and other things see the light of day. You never count anything out.
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I have made things for Calvin Klein and other designers, and it's interesting to see the way each person approaches it.
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You either have the charisma, the knowledge, the passion, the intelligence - or you don't.
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Not only am I having a girl, but I picked the girl from her little embryo.
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One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.
