John Philpot Curran Quotes
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.
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Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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I got a manager, and I thought, since I was going out on auditions, I should do this for a living. Then there was this moment on set when I realized I was having a lot of fun, and I really wanted to do this forever.
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It may be that Tolstoy and Virginia Woolf were sitting around fretting about their Amazon reviews or their pre-pub whatever, but I kind of doubt it. I don't think that's how the work probably got made.
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Nothing surprises me when it comes to people in the entertainment business.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying world, who will not leave us to walk undisturbed in the ways of our fathers.
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To be honest, the core reason why I became an actor was that I didn't want to go to school. That's where it started. I hated opening my history books and my English books, but then, of course, you grow older. I went to film school in New York, and that's when you really realize that you have to grow up now. It's not child's play anymore.
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Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
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If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to so so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.
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War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about any one thing in particular.
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But music is reflection of self, we just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail.
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This idea of compassion comes to us because we're made in the image of God, who is ultimately the compassionate one.
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I would still like to own and run a restaurant serving Indian food with a good dollop of Parsi cooking - which you can't seem to get anywhere.
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In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.
