Peter Capaldi Quotes
I went to art school in the days when it was what you did if you didn't want to be like everybody else. You wanted to be strange and different, and art school encouraged that. We hated the drama students - they were guys with pipes and cardigans.
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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I couldn't follow nobody's rules.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
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I was known for singing romantic songs to women, but I can also be that guy talking about why you can't be the only girl for me.
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I went to the studio of Fischli Weiss, and it was magical. I thought: 'This is what I want to do with my life; I want to work with artists and be useful to them.' I was magnetically attracted.
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Comics seldom move me the way I would be moved by a novel or movie.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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The fall of 1912 my fielding was above the average, but my hitting was not so good. However, I was the talk of the town because of my peculiar way of catching a fly ball. They later named it the Vest-Pocket Catch.
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I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.
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I do tend to be an anxious fellow, and I do tend to see the world as a little darker than perhaps it genuinely is, but I also do appreciate much more than a rosy scenario, I appreciate straight news. I appreciate honesty.
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I went to art school in the days when it was what you did if you didn't want to be like everybody else. You wanted to be strange and different, and art school encouraged that. We hated the drama students - they were guys with pipes and cardigans.
