Neve McIntosh (Carol McIntosh) Quotes
I do worry because it takes all types to make our culture, to make our art. We need it to be available to all.
Quotes to Explore
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy.
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I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.
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I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.
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Part of the way the work world works is not so much creating a separation between your work and your free time, but creating the illusion of a separation between your work and your free time. Every day is the weekend for me, which means I'm always busy.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
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From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.
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I have no political aspirations. That's it.
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.
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For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.
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I don't like to look typical.
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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Make your work deeper and better than those before you, and eventually someone will notice. If you don't think the work is better than what you've seen, then go back until it is.
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Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price. I'm throwing the dice in the air. Why must we learn it the hard way And play the game of life with your heart?
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Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.
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Sometimes my art is just an illusion - or is it?
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I do worry because it takes all types to make our culture, to make our art. We need it to be available to all.
