John Simm Quotes
You never undertake a project because you think other people will like it - because that way lies madness - but rather because you believe in it.
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I think knowing where you can generally fit is important, but the fun thing about being an actor is sometimes stretching beyond that stereotype and stretching beyond the box that people put you in.
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I don't like people cleaning my room.
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
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I think that people that are not sensitive, who seem to bang through life, do survive, but I don't think they get the really soaring feelings that people who are more artistically bent can get.
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Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.
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Like anything else, acting can become boring - a chore, really - if there isn't any challenge. And I like taking challenges. Just when people think they have me figured out, I like to surprise them.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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A fighter lives in his training camp, and I'm not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That's my only comment about Donald Trump.
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I think, initially, working on your own is really great because it allows you to just be really free and not worry about how things are perceived or if people are going to think you're an idiot. And once that becomes ingrained, at least for me, I think I'll feel really comfortable to work with other people and still feel that same freedom.
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When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.
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I'm sure back in the Greek days or the Roman Empire days, when guys fought in arenas and were fighting lions, people were talking smack. Every era in history has someone talking smack. No way you can have talent and not proclaim your victory.
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I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units.
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Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
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I do believe in happy-ever-after.
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In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to bring up.
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I want people to know their palate is a snowflake. We all like different things. Why should we all have the same taste in wines?
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I believe that pop culture is just, like, so ready for 'Watchmen.' We tried so hard to ride that wave between satire and reality, and all the things that make you still care about the character, but you don't miss the commentary about them.
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We lived in a flat that you could pretty much fit in my current kitchen. No wonder people drink! I can't understand why they don't throw themselves off the balconies.
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You know, I really do have some morals. I do actually care about people. And I do have a political standpoint.
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Advertising's always been a considerable pressure on publishers.
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People may wish to say that the thing that is in conflict with my creativity is not Buddhism - that's fine.
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I was a Spidey fan as a kid. I always liked the complexity and the teenaged angst that Spider-Man, Peter Parker, always had to deal with. It was kind of a deeper, darker storytelling that just good-guy-beats-bad-guy.
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Maybe I should sit. Plenty of people use sitting as a way to pass the time.
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You never undertake a project because you think other people will like it - because that way lies madness - but rather because you believe in it.
