Peter Capaldi Quotes
Before 'Local Hero,' I'd been knocking about Glasgow in rock bands, drinking too much and generally being 21. My opinion of actors was that they were straight and boring, so you see, I was completely unprepared for being one.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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When you're fighting with a stunt person, your intent is to miss.
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If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it. I don't think there is. So I don't think there's a choice here.
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Every child, woman and man has a right to enough nutritious food for an active and healthy life.
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A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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You can go out in a good movie and look bad as well.
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Serve yourself, put the food away, then eat.
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All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
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Kids and adults are treated differently on sets. Being a kid, you can get away with anything, and it looks cute. But as an adult, it's a whole new journey.
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Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social existence what oil is to machines: one does not go up to a turbine and pour machine oil over it; one applies a little to hidden spindles and joints that one has to know.
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There's an amazing movie called 'Los Angeles Plays Itself.'
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Society has taught us to suppress certain things and not do certain things.
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The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind.
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My voice likes rock music. My problem is, I can do a lot of things, but I have to find my own voice.
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And so many of the kinds of labels you get stuck with don't really tell the story; Progressive, Art Rock, Noise Music, Downtown - it ends up being a struggle to stay out of debates that other people are having around you.
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Before 'Local Hero,' I'd been knocking about Glasgow in rock bands, drinking too much and generally being 21. My opinion of actors was that they were straight and boring, so you see, I was completely unprepared for being one.
