Brenda Blethyn Quotes
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To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.
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I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success.
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
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The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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I was always quite good with accents - I always had quite a good ear - so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films.
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It's not unusual for a would-be entrepreneur to get turned down half a dozen times before finding a willing investor - yet in most companies, it takes only one 'nyet' to kill a project stone dead.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I was lucky to have my allergist who diagnosed me with CIU.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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When we took Netscape public, if people wanted to invest in the web, that was the only stock that they could do it by investing in. So Netscape's market value was higher than it probably otherwise would have been if there were lots of other ways to play that theme.
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I spent a lot of my life schlepping around New York with people not doing things for me.
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I approach the film business the way I feel about self-esteem. It's something that has to be maintained. That's kind of how I feel about positive roles in Hollywood. They have to be maintained. You have to purposefully, intentionally try to make the right type of films. And the more people that do that, the more things will continue to improve.
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I think the play actually became bigger than me. No pun intended.
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It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.
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I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.
