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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It usually takes me 20 to 90 minutes to write a song because once I start, I don't stop. If I start writing a song, and you try to have a conversation with me, you're a bad person.
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At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third of the undergraduate student body. It was an experiment to see how high we could bring their level of understanding, and it exceeded all of my expectations.
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I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!
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It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
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The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the U.K., but I'm not confident there will be any takers.
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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.
