Jason Isaacs Quotes
Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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No matter how frustrated, disappointed and discouraged we may feel in the face of our failures, it's only temporary. And the faster you can stop wallowing in guilt, blame or resentment, the faster you can put it behind you.
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Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.
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My forms are not abstractions of things in the real world. They're also not symbols. I would say that my job is to invent these forms and to put them together in a way that keeps your interest, to give the forms a quirky identity so you can engage with them, so you realize there's an inner intelligence or logic.
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I don't think, by the way, that any network would have given us their show to release all 13 episodes once ahead of them, and the same way, I don't think any studio will give us their movies to release the same day they are in the theaters - not yet, not yet.
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I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.
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When the kid goes to bed, you get a little bit of time for yourself and maybe your partner, so being delayed in that departure can be particularly frustrating.
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But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else.
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England and Denmark have a sense of irony and a darker sense of humour that you don't necessarily find in Germany and Sweden.
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I'm so bored of all these girls who have written about 20 books by the time they're 25.
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I am a Gemini and can adapt to most atmospheres. You get two for the price of one when you are a Gemini.
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All prizes have a role, if they are run with integrity and with a clear focus on reading and quality writing. I don't think any of them is necessary, but they all play an incredibly important role in building a body of literature, in introducing new authors to new readers, and extending reading.
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Look, I'm 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math!
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What I'll take credit for is finding visionary people in the company, or bringing them in, and then empowering them to help me.
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New Directions is a reviewer’s nightmare; it’s enough punishment to read it all, without writing about it too.
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I'm not someone who can dance to a song I don't like.
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Startups are often very undercapitalised, but I found that to be very beneficial because it forces you not to throw money at problems. Instead, you learn all the nuts and bolts of what you're doing and become an expert.
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'The Simpsons' is about alienation and the ambivalence of living with a family who you love but who drive you completely crazy.
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I got his initials tattooed on the back of my neck, you know, since we both now have the same initials.
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Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition.
