Jim Sturgess Quotes
After 'The Way Back,' which was so epic and so rich, it was like, 'What will I do now?'
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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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I was tested against the best.
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In France and other European countries, film stars are more celebrated. In Germany, if we are good at what we do, we are respected but not acclaimed. And, of course, we are not paid like Americans are.
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I did anything that would get me on the air.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time.
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Obviously I will promote 'Vaalu.' It is my film. I am the lead actress in it; I play a major part, and I will promote the film.
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I was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dream world?
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Women who have abortions are people you know. Because that is the truth! One in three American women will have an abortion by menopause.
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'Rent' was my first professional job, ever.
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I'm a rock and roll singer.
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At 86, I can easily look back to the last eight decades. Though memory often fails me now, so many images of the past are still clearly polished, and I can yet recall not just an abiding sense of place, but the keen smells, the sensory responses to the events of that past.
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The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.
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I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me.
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I never think I have to prove something.
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Finding out I was pretty was a very nice realisation.
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If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment an artist can receive!
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If you think something is impossible, then it certainly is... for you.
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Generally I find that kids ask better questions than you get with adults. Something that kids will do a lot is, they're so nervous, and they're not really paying attention, so they'll ask the same question someone just asked. And you're trying to be nice and not embarrass them any more than they are already.
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I've been training with my mixed martial arts guy as much as I can when I'm back in L.A., so if I could do another movie like I did in 'The Killing Game,' with Samuel L. Jackson, that would be awesome.
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We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
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It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be.
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In your own bosom you bear your heaven and earth, And all you behold, though it appears without, It is within, in your imagination, Of which this world of mortality is but a shadow.
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After 'The Way Back,' which was so epic and so rich, it was like, 'What will I do now?'
