John Rhys-Davies Quotes
Actors endow the villain in fiction with a warmth and quality that makes them memorable. I think we like fictional villains because they're the Mr. Hyde of our own dreams. I've met a few real villains in my time, and they weren't the least bit sympathetic.

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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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I'm a breakfast type of guy. Don't get me wrong. I can cook, I'm kinda nice on the burner, but I enjoy making breakfast. I do it all... Scrambled eggs... French toast... Pancakes... Breakfast is my thing.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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My dad went to jail for a long time. We lost everything, and the situation never resolved itself. My parents had this sort of passionate, disastrous desire for each other - not ideal to grow up in.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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Justice is like a train that is nearly always late.
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People, when they come up to me, are like, 'Did we go to high school together? Or did I make out with you at sleepaway camp?' And oftentimes, yes, that is the answer, because I went to a giant high school and made out with everybody.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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We all need some TLC and to pat ourselves on the back from time to time.
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I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.
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Hong Kong people say Hong Kong needs to preserve its uniqueness. I say Hong Kong's uniqueness is in its diversity, its tolerance of difference cultures... China does not want to see Hong Kong in decline. I have full confidence in its future.
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Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle: she died young.
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I don't consider myself a fashion designer.
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It's a part of most actors to want to be in an animated feature; to extend the legacy of your career.
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No court can make time stand still.
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Actors endow the villain in fiction with a warmth and quality that makes them memorable. I think we like fictional villains because they're the Mr. Hyde of our own dreams. I've met a few real villains in my time, and they weren't the least bit sympathetic.