Matthew Macfadyen Quotes
I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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You would never see me driving around in a sports car. I feel like you're so low and squish-able by transport trucks.
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I live with my family on the top of a hill in the country, and during the days, my house is quiet, save for the occasional excitement of the FedEx truck heading up the driveway. I write.
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I think my parents see my life now as very conservative.
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I'm sure there are some commercial applications for Twitter, but they don't really interest me. I mean, 140 characters? I am really not interested in Ashton Kutcher's daily walks. Not for me.
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Professionally, I really respect Natalie Portman – her career choices, actually going for stuff with substance.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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My kids have played sports all their life, and one thing I've tried to teach them when you lose, you try to be a gentleman about it.
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Science today is a highly collaborative exercise, and to convert it into a contest, as the Nobel does, is a bad way to look at science.
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Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that.
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Our experience at Teach For America has been that the more people understand educational inequity, the more they want to do something about it.
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I appreciate the response and the support of fans, of people who actually don't mind watching me on screen... I just don't ever want to jeopardize that.
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I don't know what I've done that has made people so interested in me, more than anyone else.
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The battleground has been moderates of all faith traditions in all the countries of the world against the radicals of all faith traditions in all parts of the world.
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So many Irish actors overplay that modesty because they're afraid people will judge them and say, 'The state of yer man, he thinks he's great,' or whatever.
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The transition from the original Xbox to the Wii wasn't a big deal for my team. The business hadn't changed fundamentally.
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I stay excited 'cause for me, this is something I love to do. I'm like Coca Cola with it. I been here for a long time, I just gotta keep it nice and stay up to date and also give them that quality taste that they been looking for. It's nothing to me. When you built for it, you born for it, you do it cuz you wanna do it, not cuz you have to.
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I wasn't making it with the violin because I was playing all of the 'long hair' stuff.
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We honor those who walked so we could run. We must run so our children soar. And we will not grow weary.
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I got amazing training both with Theatre Sports... back in Edmonton, Alberta - I can't give those people enough credit - and the daytime drama I did. Incredible training, both of them.
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I was never a joiner. I tried - I had people I admired and liked and wanted to hang with, but I ended up starting a theatre company and that took me back to Chicago... I guess I wasn't a scenester in the end. Something must have worked out right, as I'm still here - but I'm only a binge socialite.
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I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.
