John Malkovich Quotes
Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn't do in real life - well, at least as much as one might like to or be tempted to. Though I suppose a lot of actors just go ahead and do it, don't they?
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You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have a TV network, you can do it by yourself. But the nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That's how this industry works. So until the Internet becomes our source of entertainment - and watch it, I believe it will - this is how things go.
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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I'm not the kind of actress that goes home with the character. I mean, you're thinking about the work or the next day's scenes, but not staying in character. But as a film goes on, you become more and more fragile, emotionally. And physically too, actually.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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Football was what I was good at, and it was what I loved.
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Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining powerful weapons.
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I have ideas all of the time from the beginning, but they never really wind up turning out like I thought they would.
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I feel like, Barry Seal, he's pure of heart.
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In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.
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I smile when I'm angry, I cheat and I lie. I do what I have to do to get by. But I know what is wrong and I know what is right, and I'd die for the truth in my secret life.
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Friendship freely given and gratefully received is one of life's greatest gifts.
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Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn't do in real life - well, at least as much as one might like to or be tempted to. Though I suppose a lot of actors just go ahead and do it, don't they?
