Jamie Dornan Quotes
I don't really have choices in the material I get. So I have to make the choices in the way I play the characters.
Quotes to Explore
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Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.
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Some people ask me, Do they put aging makeup on you? It's just this very nice street makeup.
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When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
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I've always thought Juliette Lewis was great.
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
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When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.
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You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.
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I love biographies. I read Patti Smith's 'Just Kids.' I'm into that time frame in New York, the '70s and '80s. In art school, I read 'Close to the Knives,' the autobiography of the artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz.
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I am going to Rio with a chance of a medal.
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Those who live are those who fight.
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He who wishes to paint Christ's story must live with Christ.
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I'm obsessed with 'Homeland.' It's not even okay.
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As an artist, all I want is to be a part of good films.
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Atlanta embraced us. We have so much respect for them, and they have respect for us.
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If a reviewer is beating me up, I just say, 'Oh well, my writing is not to his or her taste.' And that's as far as it goes. Because I will simultaneously read a review where somebody says, 'Oh my God, I had so much fun reading this book and I learned so much.'
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I've created a bridge between European electronic culture and urban American culture, and I've worked with established brands.
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It's just fun to be on a movie set and looking to find the comedy in sweet, simple family moments.
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It's strange because even in the vaudeville days, ventriloquists were never the main attraction. They were the guys brought out to stand in front of the curtain while sets were being changed. Ventriloquism wasn't even celebrated as an art until Edgar Bergen came along in the 1930s.
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The only way to know how much is enough, is to do too much, and then back up.
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I don't really have choices in the material I get. So I have to make the choices in the way I play the characters.
