Peter Mullan Quotes
I'm not a career filmmaker. I just like to do things that I still kind of believe in and because of that you just never know what's going to happen next. It doesn't matter if it's been a good year or a bad year: next year, there's no telling what it will be like.
Quotes to Explore
-
The bad news is, I have worked less than I have liked. The good news is, I can look back on my body of work and feel truly proud of the work I have done.
-
I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.
-
I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what's going on.
-
I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
-
I worked as a telemarketer for an SAT-prep company. That was the worst of it, because I had to call people in post-Katrina New Orleans and offer them this very, very expensive SAT class. And I'm not even a good salesman.
-
I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.
-
We should work with the principle that a work that can be done at a lower level should never be escalated to a higher level.
-
I'm not out there to be blocking shots or fighting guys. I'm out there to produce offensively.
-
I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.
-
The thing that 'Glee' has successfully done that no other TV show has is that they're just honest - but they don't tell you what's right or wrong. They don't tell you what to agree with or what to believe in.
-
I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.
-
I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate way.
-
The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.
-
My life, my family and my friends are back in the U.K., so ideally I would love the kind of career that is split between London and New York.
-
If I get a script that's set in the jungle it goes to the bottom of the pile because I don't think the playgrounds are going to be very good there! I'm really aware of how lucky I am but I have the kind of job where I can bring my child to work.
-
I know it can be difficult for parents, but I really do believe that kids need to play the predominant role in the choices that go into their own space.
-
It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
-
I think fans always want something new, but they want somebody who can deliver - to go out there and really entertain them and have good matches.
-
Think about what happens on Earth when you throw up. You throw up and you have a bag of something horrible and then you throw it away, but if I have this bag, what am I going to do with it? This bag is going to stay with me in space for months, so we want a really good barf bag.
-
I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.
-
I think magazines and interviews make celebrities into this bigger-than-life thing, but I've gotten bullied over trying different things with my makeup.
-
Learning how to work and learning how to fail is important.
-
Your life starts to take shape at 30. You don't have to make excuses for who you are anymore.
-
I'm not a career filmmaker. I just like to do things that I still kind of believe in and because of that you just never know what's going to happen next. It doesn't matter if it's been a good year or a bad year: next year, there's no telling what it will be like.
