Penelope Wilton Quotes
I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.
Quotes to Explore
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Having companies like PotashCorp based in Saskatoon or Cameco based in Saskatoon that have worldwide presence but have the head office jobs, the head office managers and head office employees in your local economy are important from a job creation and wealth creation point of view.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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I just feel like whenever the team needs a bucket, I can come and get it. I feel I'm a really good scorer.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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What humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And what I need to do is prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who has yet to come but who may be here and needs me.
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To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to first draft and on to the seventh draft, whatever it takes. Then my job is to support the director to make the best movie we can. Some producers try to go past them, but my job is to support them.
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My entire film career's been dependent on my ability to look unattractive.
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I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.
