Pete Postlethwaite Quotes
I refuse to be typecast, and I'll have a go at anything so long as it's different, challenging, hard work and demands great versatility.
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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As for the device we now call a TV or a cable box, I want it to be fast with a clean interface and seamlessly upgradeable to the latest software. I want it to be the primary source of all TV, not an ancillary device.
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I like playing with that space between laughter and discomfort where your discomfort can also make you laugh, and you're confused about the mixed feelings. That's challenging, and I think that's what makes for some of the best art.
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It's very good for you, riding. You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses to have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move - particularly if you're doing dressage.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.
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There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'
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You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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I feel like I'm five sometimes because I still enjoy myself. I enjoy what I do.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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My dad took me to John Kennedy's inauguration when I was 8. We come every time, Republican and Democrat, because of this great country.
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It was at one of the parties at our house that The Rat Pack got started.
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One of the major problems with long-term deep space human flight is the requirement for radiation shielding.
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Errantes silva in magna et sub luce malignainter harundineasque comas gravidumque papaveret tacitos sine labe lacus, sine murmure rivos,quorum per ripas nebuloso lumine marcentfleti, olim regum et puerorum nomina, flores.
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It must be recognized that in any culture the source of law is the god of that society
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I refuse to be typecast, and I'll have a go at anything so long as it's different, challenging, hard work and demands great versatility.
