Ian McShane Quotes
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If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.
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There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.
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In the end, I think the majority of Romanian society will understand that if we respect environmental protection standards, if we have benefits in taxes, royalties, jobs, we should do what all the modern countries in Europe and beyond are doing to take advantage of their natural resources.
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I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative.
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One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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It is up to us to make the right choice and the right decisions.
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I'm doing everything that I can, working with experts, really studying the statistics to figure out a way we can make it cool or normal to be kind and loving.
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We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.
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Originality exists in every individual because each of us differs from the others. We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.
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We are given to the great, for great purpose, to great ends. We are given to the grave, for grave purposes, to grave ends.
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How few women have any history after the age of thirty!
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I've done more crap than I care to remember. I really have. 'Airwolf.' 'Murder, She Wrote.' 'Amazon Women on the Moon.' But you learn from all these bad shows. What you don't want to do and what you don't want to be involved with.
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I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy.
