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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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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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 can't actually pinpoint anything that made me want to be an actor - I just did. And then anything after that just fueled it.
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Marketers sometimes get caught in this lie that you must talk to people only in the voice that they recognize.
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When you go a week without seeing a human face, that does something to you.
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My face is oblong. But the best grooming is confidence.
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The Cern laboratory in Geneva was set up in 1955 to bring together European scientists who wished to pursue research into the nuclear and sub-nuclear world. Physicists then had greater clout than other scientists because the memory of their role in the Second World War was fresh in people's minds.
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People who think I have insulted Ireland or Limerick or my family have not read the book!
