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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What we do is nothing like the portrayal of badminton as a gentle game played in a church hall. Badminton can be fun and relaxing, but as professionals, this sport is our heart and soul and passion, and our games are fast and aggressive.
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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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Making music is fantastic.
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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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A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something.
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I've gone on in front of a crowd of 10 people and 7,000 people.
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I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It's very practical; it's very outdoorsy. It's what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear.
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The focus of subjectivity is a distorting mirror.
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I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get a big head.
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TV's not the problem, and I'm tired of it being posed as this antithesis to creativity and productivity. If TV's getting in your way of writing a book, then you don't want to write a book bad enough.
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In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.
