Franklin Raines Quotes
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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Being a club pro and all, a guy trying to keep up with golf's modern technology, I hadn't found much time for Internet dating, but then one day I knew I'd met the girl of my dreams when she replied to a comment I'd made on You-and-Me.com. She said, 'I love it when you talk equipment to me.'
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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Sometimes people say that coach is a winner, but everyone wants to win. You must know how to behave in victory and in defeat, to look after what is our sport, football.
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I once went on the most grueling radio tour. Living in hotel rooms, sleeping in the backs of rental cars as my mom drove to three different cities in one day.
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There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill.
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I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I grew up with is just something very special to me.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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I always knew I'd be more of a character actor than a leading man, and I always wanted to take that and run with it.
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I have to say I wasn't a huge fan of 'Star Wars', and I'm still not, really, but you have to acknowledge that there's a huge fan base for it, and these people are really sweet. You can't stereotype a 'Star Wars' fan.
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Sometimes you do have to bank on yourself. You do have to believe in your ideas enough to really get out there and fight for it despite what people think of some young kids from the hood.
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This idea of 'laicite' has been weaponized, in a way, to discriminate against people, and this idea of who gets to be French is really complicated and interesting.
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That's the value of a college education... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return.
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I'm a Jewish Jane Austen.
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If you go for an audition, you have a character description, and for the women, it's always about being beautiful, sexy. And for the men it's more about the character than how he appears physically. That annoys me.
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I've always been big into snowmobiles, four-wheelers, jet skis, all kinds of those X Games kind of things.
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My favorite movie is 'Die Hard.' It doesn't have pinatas and mariachis. It's just a good movie.
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I really enjoyed playing Vinny Vedecci, the Italian talk show host. He was the first character I ever came up with where I gave him a name and a way of dressing.
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I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before.
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I wanted to do a naval film and I flirted with different ideas, most of which ended up being too intense. So when the idea of 'Battleship' was first suggested, I was instantly drawn to the challenge - could I invent a movie around the idea of five ships fighting five ships?
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I approach my life haphazardly. Not much holiness and only as much wisdom as I can muster.
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Craig McDean was probably one of the first people I shot with. I shot with him for years with Tommy Hilfiger and a few other jobs. He's just so nice and just a super normal, funny guy.
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The only reality you can control is the one you're willing to face.
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And so the danger for the housing industry is if we see interest rates rise.
