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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
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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.
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I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.
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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.
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I'm not out there to be blocking shots or fighting guys. I'm out there to produce offensively.
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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.
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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.
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I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.
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I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate way.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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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.
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I don't intimidate anyone. Instead, I try to get people to believe in themselves.
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Before my book, 'California,' came out, I had modest hopes for it. Or, let's put it this way - I had the same hopes that every literary fiction writer in America has: I wanted the novel to be well-received, critically. As for sales? I didn't want it to disappoint, but I didn't expect it to be a best-seller, either.
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It was really weird when I heard my voice coming out of a fish.
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Sometimes, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
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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.
