John C. McGinley Quotes
What helps writers, and ultimately, obviously, helps the actors - who should serve the words that the writer puts on the page - is if the character has damages, because then the writers can cultivate and excavate, like a dentist going into a tooth.
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Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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A well begun is half ended.
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I was always a bit different. I had a very happy childhood, but I could never hang on to mates.
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When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
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I think from an actor's point of view, you always want something to play that's dramatic or something that feels like it could be very bold in choice. And of course, the boldest possible choice you could play at the end of a character's life is death.
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Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?
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I'm not selfish. I am where I am because I have worked very hard and have always done my job.
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The world is changing quickly and we must be ready to change with it or risk being left behind.
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You know, you have to put bread on the table. So you thank God you got the job.
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My NFL pension can barely pay my son's tuition. You know, it's very little money.
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I can't say enough about 'OLTL's' strong cast.
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I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there.
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The Federal government does not have any information about extraterrestrial life to conceal, and there are no secret projects for me to investigate.
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As he had so many times before, Taleswapper addressed a few silent words to God, which always came down to this question: Why do you put us to so much trouble, when it all comes to naught in the end?...And, as usual, God had nothing much to say to Taleswapper when his questioning was done.
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Fans hate a hypocrite. I believe they detect the real you behind every role and if they are led to believe you are something you pretend you aren't, they resent it.
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She's not a bad girl becauseShe made me see, hmmm...How love could be.But she's a bad girl because (bad girl because)She wants to be free, hmmmm... (bad girl because)She wants to be free (bad girl)
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Unilateralism, as we have painfully seen in Iraq, is its own reward. Going it alone may satisfy a political instinct but it is dangerous to our military, even without their Commander in Chief taunting terrorists to 'bring it on.'
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Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.
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You do not see with the lens of the eye. You seen through that, and by means of that, but you see with the soul of the eye.
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Being American and being an outsider at the same time, it's a perspective I often bring to a character.
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You could have two completely different careers if you could stay healthy to 90. How fascinating that would be.
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What helps writers, and ultimately, obviously, helps the actors - who should serve the words that the writer puts on the page - is if the character has damages, because then the writers can cultivate and excavate, like a dentist going into a tooth.
