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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In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.
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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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All small returns are noise. To transcend the noise and the risk, seek outsized returns from technological paradigms.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.
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I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared.
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Dad wouldn't let me fool with his guitar much, because I'm left-handed, and I'd pick it up upside down. But I remember learning to sing 'Paper Doll,' the Mills Brothers song - this was during the war - and I remember my dad taking me down to one of those little record booths where you could make spoken letters to send home.
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I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy.
