Frank Langella Quotes
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The first drafts of my novels have all been written in longhand, and then I type them up on my old electric. I have resisted getting a computer because I distrust the whole PC thing. I don't think a great book has yet been written on computer.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
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I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
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I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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The Israeli public's willingness to enlist, the warm embrace for the soldiers and the residents of the south, and the desire to contribute and to give at any given moment really warm the heart, and it gives all of us strength.
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I'm the only one responsible for the choices I make and the opportunities I get. When you read the script, you don't know how it's going to shape up. You just know what you've been narrated.
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If you think health care is expensive now, just wait 'til it's free.
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At times, my very own media makes me cringe, and occasionally out loud. By the way, nothing clears the head like an out-loud cringe.
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My parents were hippies.
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I tried taking a year off when Pedro was a toddler because I really wanted to be around, but it wasn't good for any of us.
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By now, you've heard endless warnings about the risk of short, trivial passwords. There's a good chance you ignore them.
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The martyr who longs for the flames can be no right candidate for them.
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I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.
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I like sparseness. There's something about that minimalist feel that can make something have an immediate impact and make it unique. I'll probably always work with that formula; I just don't know how.
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It's sad that because I have one friend who is in the public eye, just being seen out together once means we're romantically involved. But I don't take it seriously, and it doesn't really affect me much.
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Dive on them and squash them if you must.
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My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain.
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I had friends. The idea of being forever separated from them and from all their troubles is one of the greatest sorrows that I suffer in dying. Let them at least know that to my latest moment I thought of them.
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Having too many ideas is not always a good thing.
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And the test for any actor is whether you stay at the table or go away.
