Jason Priestley Quotes
One of the fun things about being an actor is stepping outside yourself and outside of your own experience. It's challenging yourself to totally commit to something that in your core is so wrong.
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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I've never really had a TV career. I've been a soldier and a climber.
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My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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I never mind talking about my dad. I'm proud of who he is, and being his son is one of the things I'm most proud of. To be constantly compared to someone so brilliant, who happens to be your dad, is cool.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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I truly loved Jason Reitman. I was there on his first film, 'Thank You For Smoking,' and I'd go work with him to do anything.
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In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.
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When I was in college, I was a semiotics major, which is this hopelessly pretentious body of French literary theory.
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I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'
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Our debts don't leave us much in terms of choices. We can choose to pay now or try to pay later. But the longer we wait the steeper the bill.
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Except for the grace of God, I would be nobody - and that grace is the opposite of merit - human labour, education or human wisdom.
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A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London.
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You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it.
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I've always wanted to do a Shakespeare play.
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One of the fun things about being an actor is stepping outside yourself and outside of your own experience. It's challenging yourself to totally commit to something that in your core is so wrong.
