Jim Beaver Quotes
'Deadwood' proved that viewers are smarter in terms of grasping intricate dialogue than they had been given credit for.
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As a 13-year-old fan of horror fiction, I hadn't seen too many cities in the literature I loved. It was always small towns, or backwoods locales, or maybe the suburbs.
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Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'
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Everything's so accelerated now.
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Juilliard definitely emphasizes the theater. They don't train - at all really - for film acting. It's mostly process-oriented, pretty much for the stage.
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Oh, my mom. She's one of my biggest fans.
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The first presidential election I really paid attention to was in 1988 when George H. W. Bush ran against Michael Dukakis.
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I'm having trouble understanding why there hasn't been further progress on CalgaryNext.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best.
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The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.
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It's probably an intellectual weakness, but I look at the stars, and I say, 'There's something bigger than us out there.'
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I feel so great on a plane that it could be the end of everything, and I don't care.
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Everybody wants to get along with everyone else in the sandbox. I'm that kind of kid, you know what I mean? That will never change about me.
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Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.
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To write, you need to find what you love.
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It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
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The main obligation is to amuse yourself.
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Men tend to put all their emotional eggs in the basket of their wives (or womenfriends), it is difficult for a man to communicate feelings of disappointment to his wife because, if she withdraws, it feels to him like his entire emotional support system has collapsed.
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Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.
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If I opened a record store, it wouldn't be all punk rock and esoterica.
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The Allied Powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the sole obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, he, faithful to his oath, declares that he is ready to descend from the throne, to quit France, and even to relinquish life, for the good of his country.
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A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
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My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.
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'Deadwood' proved that viewers are smarter in terms of grasping intricate dialogue than they had been given credit for.
