Matthew Macfadyen Quotes
I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
-
River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back, so when he passed away, it was such an enormous shock.
-
I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now.
-
People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
-
Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
-
I got a bike when I was little, a BMX. I called it 'Fido Dido' after the tough little cartoon guy with spiked hair. I thought he was the coolest thing ever.
-
I'm not the type of person that is forced.
-
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
-
The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
-
Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
-
By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
-
In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
-
The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
-
Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
-
Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
-
Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
-
I couldn't be more proud to introduce Anne-Marie Duff, a phenomenal actress who is bursting on the world stage, to Broadway audiences as Lady Macbeth.
-
'The Voice' is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really going to love it.
-
I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.
-
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.
-
For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
-
I hate that blacks and Hispanics are pitted against each other I really do, call me naive, I grew up in an adopted family where my mom is Christian and Caucasian, my dad is Jewish, my sister is Mexican and I don't know, I don't tan so well. I think I'm mostly Irish.
-
Your masters at Oxford have taught you to idolize reason, drying up the prophetic capacities of your heart!
-
I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.
