John Malkovich Quotes
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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I educated myself. To me, school was boring.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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Think on your toes, use what's around you, and come up with something organic and fun.
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Nothing should be noticed.
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As an impoverished student I used to spend days out in Selfridges, nibbling on samples of free cheese and dousing myself with scent in the perfume department.
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When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they start calling people my age, 18, up, I was one they called.
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My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the later cases considering I was younger then and I was playing a role of co-counsel on the case.
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In the end, abortion is an issue of fundamental human rights. To force women to undergo pregnancy and childbirth against their will is to deprive them of the right to make basic decisions about their lives and well-being, and to give that power to the state.
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Some day I shall be President.
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In 'Rocky' and 'Paradise Alley,' my dad played very expressive characters, and he was out there.
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I like being on camera, performing, seeing what people have in common.
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Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested the audience last time.
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I read, read enormously on all different fields of Islamic thought, from philosophy to Islamic literature, poetry, exegeses, knowledge of the Hadith, the teachings of the prophet. That's how I trained myself. And then I was appointed imam by a Sufi master from Istanbul, Turkey.
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It takes a lot of people to make a winning team. Everybody's contribution is important.
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No other player on this club with the possible exception of Bruce Walker has done more to put the Dodgers up in the race than Robinson has. He is everything Branch Rickey said he was when he came up from Montreal.
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An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.
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I felt that if I'm serious about acting, I would like people to see me as an actress. It's less of a stretch if I'm singing, unless I'm playing a character who sings.
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It's one thing to show your love for someone when everything is going fine and life is smooth. But when the 'in sickness and in health' part kicks in and sickness does enter your lives, you're tested. Your resilience is tested.
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As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!
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Of course it's trivial, but then most things are.
