Joel Kinnaman Quotes
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You know, it's hard sometimes to just detach yourself from what you're doing.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.
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But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.
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I don't ever take anything for granted.
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All I wanted to do was be a working actor.
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I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
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I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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I realized that I'm a soft person. I think I'm sensitive. I wanted very much to be tough and I think movie stars have a certain kind of resilience and toughness to them, but I'm quite a sensitive young lady in some respects.
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A good old rodeo never hurt anyone.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.
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Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
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I love doing every role I do!
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I did not enter the industry to create a certain image. People happened to see me as the friend/sister/daughter next door. I like that association very much. It's close to what I am in real life. As for films, I just focus on the job.
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I mean, I always think when you're an actor you have to be the guy running into the burning building rather than running out of it, if you want to make some noise as an actor.
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The swashbuckling independence of my childhood was not all good, and as a father, I'm puzzling out how to be part of my children's lives rather than shoehorning them into mine. But there's a risk that I'll overcompensate, of course.
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When I first started writing music, it was to express that. I was trying to find God and trying to find meaning in my life. That's what my music was about. It wasn't to entertain.
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I wasn't happy at the career I was at and wanted to try something else, and so I tried fighting, and it's working out pretty well. I set my own schedule; I have my own training facilities. I'm not traveling as much, and I'm at home every night.
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I don't want to inspire people to look pretty and buy makeup. I want to inspire them to knit scarves for Syrian refugees.
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I miss Swedish meatballs, but you can get them pretty much anywhere.
