John Oliver Quotes
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Working with Angela Bassett is by far the best. I've watched and admired her for years. I'm very intrigued by her work. She's so cool. I still call her 'Mom' when I see her.
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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
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It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed. There are definitely times when those checks don't last forever. I went to college at a private school, and I racked up quite a bit of debt. I was very slow to pay them back.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.
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I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple.
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Also, now as a result of that show being on, the cruise industry is just growing all over the place. Princess Cruises, who I now represent, is the fastest growning cruise line in the world.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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I've met Bob Dylan. We did one of those non-handshake handshakes. I was with all guys, and he shook hands with all of them, and then they said, 'And this is Kate,' and I put my hand out, and he didn't put his out. And then I took my hand away, and he put his out. It was one of those. We finally did shake. And then I fainted!
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I don't plot with huge detail, just big moments and important elements, and then I have a structure but can fly by the seat of my pants when I write.
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I've found just the right amount of balance in my life. I'm this pop artist in America, but I'm also Malaysian. And I'm also Muslim.
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I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt.
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I do think from time to time that conceptual questions arise: What do we mean by equilibrium? What do we mean by this concept and that concept?
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Our politicians may fail us, but Status Quo always delivers on the promise.
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It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it.
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Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer.
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I'm interested in damaged people because we've all been roughed up in one way or another.
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I just can't stand it [jazz/rock]. It just doesn't sound right to me. It doesn't hit me...it doesn't get me...it just doesn't grab me.
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I never like to be the same, whether it be comedy or drama, funny or serious.
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Even if you're not a Catholic, even if you're not a Christian, in fact even if you have no religious faith at all, what people could see in Pope John Paul was a man of true and profound spiritual faith.
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You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.
