John Rhys-Davies Quotes
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In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
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I know so many people who are so much better at it than I am, and I think I'm a goofier person rather than a serious, dramatic actress, so I probably belong in comedy.
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My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time.
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The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of.
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
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If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
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Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
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I did accents and funny voices for the family when I was growing up.
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If you are explaining, you are losing.
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Before we start filming, I have a strong idea of the look and the feel that I want to create, and I'm happy to explore any means that will help me achieve that.
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Whenever someone says something bad about you, just confront them on it and just be a man and own up to it. If you said something you shouldn t have said, and it's important to somebody you need to talk to, you need to go talk to them. Be a man. Step up.
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Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil and vice versa.
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When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.
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I visited the Pentagon a few days after September 11, and I still remember so vividly the smell of terror surrounding the entire building and complex. I was angry that such a brutal act of violence was committed against innocent people.
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You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
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There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone's likable.
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I'm an entrepreneur first and a wine critic second.
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I was once sitting on a tube, and someone was playing my song so loudly through their ear phones next to me. I just stayed silent and chuckled to myself.
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There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man.
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The funny thing about commercials to me is that many of them now don't even mention the product until the very end. You don't really know what the commercial is all about. They're kind of like little movies, like shorts, and that's why I think they're so entertaining.
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Martha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.
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The visual quality of the cameras now is such that you can shoot with available light, and if people are willing to mount a microphone on the camera and maybe even on the subject, then you're good to go.
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I'm a little smarter than most.
