John Scarlett Quotes
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The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.
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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.
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I want to learn about a different religion. I grew up Catholic, but my grandfather was Jewish. Knowledge about other religions can help you understand your own better. I think it's kind of hypocritical to believe one thing and don't know about any others.
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Your evolutionary heuristics come back to the idea of a future roughly similar to what it is now. You give to the community as it is now, to benefit a similar community in the future.
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I'm a professional actor, not a celebrity.
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I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.
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Whatever's going on with me at the time of writing is going to find its way into the piece. If that doesn't happen, then what the hell am I doing? So if I'm writing 'Inglourious Basterds,' and I'm in love with a girl and we break up, that's going to find its way into the piece.
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And secondly, I would impose a significant state landfill tipping fee and use that tipping fee to fund the billion dollar bond issue that I want to create to produce the funds for all of the environmental challenges that we just went over.
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I don't want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy.
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I need to listen to chill music when I'm driving. It prevents road rage.
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In feature films, unless there was a body count, they weren't hiring me to direct it.
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I'm afraid Japanese people tend to collective hysteria.
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One of the advantages of appearing in such a play is that you begin to understand it properly, I feel Ophelia's tragedy was that she had been so used by everybody and felt that she bore a great burden of guilt.
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If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.
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Nobody is ordinary if you know where to look.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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I never saw anything more like real warfare in my life - only the attack was all on one side. The police, in spite of their numbers, apparently thought they could not cope with the crowd.
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Before they made S J Perelman they broke the mold.
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If you work hard, you do your part, you should be able to give your children all the opportunities they deserve. That is the basic bargain of America.
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I haven't modelled since I was 12 - that was a one-time thing, and I did it as a kid to make a little money to save up for university. Acting is my first love as well as writing and eventually producing and directing.
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It's counterintuitive to take a long time to hire someone, but it will save you enormous amounts of time and money later. Our biggest mistakes in hiring stem from speed.
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What could be more exciting when the writing is going well and things are falling into place? It's just like riding a fabulous wave for a surfer. There's no better place to be.
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You must never underestimate your opposition.
