John Callen Quotes
As actors, we have a philosophy, which is this: great fun. That has transmitted itself into the dwarf philosophy of life. We're up for a brawl, we're up for a bloody good feed, and if you've got food, well, we share what we've got, and so should you.
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Some days, I'll tell you that everything in life was meant to be and that there is an order to the universe. Other days, I'm convinced it's all a combination of luck and opportunity.
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
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I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking.
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There are two of my favorite books, 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Gone With The Wind', that were made into movies. And I love those movies as much as I love the books. That's really rare.
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Life is about timing.
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When you are growing up, everyone will help you. When you reach the top, everyone will start pulling you down. The same people who help you will be the same people who try to pull you down.
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On the weekends, I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.
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I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
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So they've actually - it's not that her character is a singer, but she had ambition to do that at an earlier time in her life. So I've actually sung two or three times now on the show.
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In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.
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If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
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I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.
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But you know the thing that I thing oftentimes gets ignored and neglected is there was 10 or 12 years of life before I met Amy and before she met me, where you know, whatever happened was probably going to happen some day.
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I don't feel like I have to dress up to go to the deli.
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I have met hundreds of young people doing just what George Romney did: using a hand up in tough times to become part of the American Dream.
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I've had more ups than downs in my career. All you can do is keep working. You still have to take enjoyment out of what you're doing, and things will turn, and my smile has always been there. In good moments and bad.
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I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.
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I've certainly experienced physical pain in my life.
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I want to go where I'm the difference. I want to make something out of nothing. I want to be the reason someone is great.
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Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee?
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Nothing on earth can resist an absolutely non-resistant person.
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My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.
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As actors, we have a philosophy, which is this: great fun. That has transmitted itself into the dwarf philosophy of life. We're up for a brawl, we're up for a bloody good feed, and if you've got food, well, we share what we've got, and so should you.
