John Grant Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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It has been hard for me to find it, but I have found love.
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I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.
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In the 1970s in New York, everyone slept till noon. It was a grungy, dangerous, bankrupt city without normal services most of the time. The garbage piled up and stank during long strikes by the sanitation workers. A major blackout led to days and days of looting. The city seemed either frightening or risible to the rest of the nation.
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My mom actually taught fifth grade, so... I'm good with fifth graders. That's, like, my specialty.
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I think great artists have no time to waste with having disproportionate egos and irrational requests. They're too focused on their work to actually lose themselves in hysterical spirals where they become monsters or tyrants.
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That's the big mistake the environmental movement made - 'We'll scare the hell out of you, and you'll become an activist'.
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I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches.
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I believe that, as actors, we have a phenomenal platform to spread positivity and influence people in the same way.
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Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories.
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I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.
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I spend a lot of time with my characters.
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I can't control what people think. They know who I am.
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Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.
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Everyone in Hollywood thinks like a Republican fiscally by leaving town to shoot everything; they just don't vote that way.
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I've never been in the music industry, only acting.
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I've sung other people's music all my life.
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I've lived three lifetimes in my short time.
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Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society.
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Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing.
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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.
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Most of the hotel gym's are not adequate. I mean you might be able to train your arms, but you aren't going to be able to train legs, back, or even chest if they don't have dumbbells and benches.
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I'm certainly a plot and character man. Themes, structure, style - they're valid components of a novel and you can't complete the book without them. But I think what propels me as a reader is plot and character.
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The 1980s were all about synths for me, and it never went away after that.
