John Knoll Quotes
As soon as you take your hobby and make it into your profession, it sort of kills it as a hobby.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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I interviewed Johnny Knoxville once. I was kind of scared to interview him because I thought he might be a real jerk, but he was really nice, and I ripped his chest hair out.
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As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.
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We are so blessed to be here in America. We have freedom and opportunity unlike anywhere else in the world.
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If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
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My instinct is to be very controlling.
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We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels.
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When we first started playing in the early days, none of us really had any idea about writing our own songs yet. We were struggling how to learn our instruments and play songs to be able to perform for people.
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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It's actually kind of cool that women have taken to me. Because now I have a whole different demographic when it comes to the audiences. I have women who come out and support my movies, and that is a huge demographic for me, which is great because some actors don't have a female base at all.
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How can you think and hit at the same time?
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The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn't work.
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You're in the public eye and you just hope that people don't come up and interrupt you while your in the middle of a meal or a conversation or something like that.
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Forget market or publishers or whatever. Just write with fire and joy, and in my own experience, those are the stories of mine people have wanted to read.
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We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win.
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I didn't even want to start acting when I started. At least, I never thought about it.
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I really do think artists are the most important people on the planet, and if what I do is a utility and helps them, then that makes me happy. I want to be helpful.
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In the dictionary of Satyagraha, there is no enemy.
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I continue with the illusion of serving Colombia. Only God knows if it were to be from the presidency.
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When a big tree falls, the earth shakes.
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I will not mortgage the future of the company.
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Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.
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As soon as you take your hobby and make it into your profession, it sort of kills it as a hobby.
