Frank McCourt Quotes
People who think I have insulted Ireland or Limerick or my family have not read the book!
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Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.
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When I was sixteen years old, I was sentenced to two years in prison; the Swedish government changed it, so I could go to a boarding school as part of a social programme. I was in this boarding school with some of the richest kids in Sweden.
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Fuel conservation is as important as fuel production.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I always drive like a madman.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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Along with enough sleep and taking proper supplements, I steam - in my steam shower. I find it's very healing, more than just your typical 'tea and honey.'
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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Foreign politicians don't have resources - or limited resources. It's useless dealing with them.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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In the film industry, you are fictitious, just like the characters you play. It has a lot do with a perception about you, and not necessarily you. You are successful because people like that image of you on screen.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'
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I wanted to be an academic when I was 19 or 20. But, I've gone off that idea. The lifestyle is kind of lonely and isolated. I don't think that would suit me.
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I was two and a half and my folks would put it on the record player and I would run around the house screaming, but I haven't been that hip since.
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And if I had to spend 20 years in the band just to play that show, I think it would have been worthwhile.
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Mark Wahlberg, when I was in high school, people were like, 'You look like Marky Mark!' Then as I got older, they were like, 'You look like Donnie Wahlberg.' Now they're like, 'You look like Donnie Wahlberg's cousin from Massachusetts.'
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All people are the same; only their habits differ.
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People who think I have insulted Ireland or Limerick or my family have not read the book!
