John Simm Quotes
I'm good at being on my own. As a kid, I was always in my room alone, so I have a high threshold for it. If I'm bored, I'll read. Hanging around doesn't go well with me.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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When you're doing a deal with someone in the southern Sahara, it's a very different way of doing business than in London. You can't sign them in the usual way because they'd end up getting ripped off, which would defeat the object of setting up a label like this.
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There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again.
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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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I tell 'Hansel and Gretel' stories about heroic children who are lost in a world that seems friendly at first, and then isn't.
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A Labour party is not a debating club, it is a party of action.
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'Dog Days' was recorded with pens and the wall, and half a stolen drum kit that was out of tune, in what was basically a cupboard. The only instrument I could really play was my voice, so we just layered everything a hundred times. It was enthusiasm over skill.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
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I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing.
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Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.
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With great ideas come great changes. Bitcoin's that.
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If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong.
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When an actress is younger, she likes to lower her age, but when she is older, she likes to add to her years.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.
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Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.
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Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.
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India has a very good tradition in tennis.
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The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.
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I loved 'Deadpool'. I loved the comics, and I loved the script.
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There's some bells you can't unring.
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I'm good at being on my own. As a kid, I was always in my room alone, so I have a high threshold for it. If I'm bored, I'll read. Hanging around doesn't go well with me.
