Pete Postlethwaite Quotes
I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do things that are unexpected. I don't like people who just follow one line and that's it - that's why I could never be in a sitcom, I don't think. They're not intriguing enough for me.
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.
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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
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Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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The way I perceive an album to sound and the way I put out mixtapes are two different energies. There's a different focus; there's a different sound.
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I like Disney Channel a lot, and I also like to watch 'Full House.'
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Fame and fortune are as hard to find as a lightning strike.
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I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
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There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
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There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips.
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I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.
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After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
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I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me.
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I was quite creative at school, and was also interested in fashion, but I was shy - I'm still not the loudest of people, believe it or not.
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America loves to watch people growing and getting better.
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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do things that are unexpected. I don't like people who just follow one line and that's it - that's why I could never be in a sitcom, I don't think. They're not intriguing enough for me.
