John Krasinski Quotes
I learned that the best way to work is to allow the scene to live on its own before making major adjustments, whether in rehearsal or on film.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
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I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused together.
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I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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I'm not politically correct.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
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Genetically, I'm like my mum, and she looked great right up until her death in 1989.
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I've had a dozen novels published and have made far more than a dozen mistakes. Which is why Randy Susan Meyers and I wrote a guidebook to help authors avoid making our mistakes.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.
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I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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I think that every male actor fantasizes with a boxing film.
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If you model yourself after Lawrence Fishburne, you can never go wrong.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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I used to dislike it, but now I like it more and more, feeling small. I like feeling like a little speck.
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I think the type of actor I am, I tend to play strong leading female characters. The shows I've been on happen to be science fiction genre.
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I learned that the best way to work is to allow the scene to live on its own before making major adjustments, whether in rehearsal or on film.
