Ian McShane Quotes
There's only two kinds of actors - good ones and bad ones... and lucky ones and unlucky ones.
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I think, doing a first film, at some point you get halfway through, and you wonder, 'Is this is good enough to define who I am for the coming decade?'
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I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me hard work, but then I grew to love it.
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I think the important thing we have to remember about football in this country is that it is very vibrant, and it's very good to watch, not only in the flesh but also on TV, because our stadiums are full.
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The good part is if I play a solid round of golf, it will be very hard for the others to beat me. And that's all I'm thinking about.
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I've been snowboarding my whole life. My wife's really good, and I just try to keep up with her.
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Yes, I mean, I used to be into the big bulk thing, and that's why my legs look like those of a cyclist instead of a shooter's, but I think there is a point to where too much is not a good thing. I think I try to lower my center of gravity by doing a lot of legs.
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Actors in general have some place in them that can be sensitive and easily damaged: not damaged in a bad way, but insecurity, because that's what it breeds, especially in females and female-lead types.
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As you get older, you overthink and can talk yourself out of anything. It's good to be a bit reckless and experimental.
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The fact of the matter is, it's hard to find good movies, period.
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In tennis, you can have a bad set and still win. The part of track cycling that is difficult to find in other sports is that it's so final; there's no second chance if you make a mistake.
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I used to have this lucky rock and I used to always have to rub it three times before I competed.
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You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.
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I love a good fight and I think a bad fight can ruin a movie. I really do.
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Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.
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No one ever said movies are for developing your range. Hardly anyone gets that opportunity. Which is why I think the stage is so good. It's less bread, but you can play different types, and you can initiate your own projects.
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But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.
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I hired Tina Fey for 'SNL,' which was certainly a good match. She took off right away there.
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It's my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I've given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don't worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan.
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I always felt like reality was a bizarre place, and everybody was really good at being normal, and I didn't know how to do it.
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I'm an actor who hates dialogue and the present day and reality.
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Since St. Augustine announced that Eve - and, hence, collective woman - was responsible for original sin, rabid sexism has been a major pillar of patriarchal religious tradition.
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If indeed there be a god in heaven.
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I don't use my writing career as a vehicle to get me acting work or to write roles for myself.
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There's only two kinds of actors - good ones and bad ones... and lucky ones and unlucky ones.
