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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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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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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One of my biggest drawbacks is my inability to maintain my physique. I put on weight for 'Soodhu Kavvum' and never managed to shed it. Luckily, that look suited a few films, including 'Orange Mittai.'
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I live - I live a highly scheduled life. There's absolutely no time wasted. I'm very focused. And I have a great assistant.
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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've been writing for a long time, and I've loved comic books for a long time - forever - but I had to learn how to write in a different way to write sequential art for a graphic novel. It's been an interesting transition.
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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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Hey kid, do you want to come and talk to Charlie?
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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 live in a rural residential area. It's a great place for a walk. I'm at my happiest when I'm listening to my iPod while walking around where my feet take me.
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I need that aggressive attitude to play my music and more men have that attitude than women.
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It is vain to do with more what can be done with less.
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It is always a nice feeling when you are challenged by a scene and you walk out of trailer and you go on set going I don't know. And then half an hour later you're walking back.
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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.
