Peter Mullan Quotes

I don't like the way some actors, when playing a nasty character, will try to grab hold of something good about them.

Peter Mullan

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• It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
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• I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know.

  

  Imelda May
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• I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

  

  Samuel Johnson
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• There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again.

  

  Ted Demme
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• I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.

  

  Barbara Bush
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• The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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  • Accept

• I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • World
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• I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.

  

  Valorie Curry
  • Love
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• I feel like my competition is everything else that's competing for people's attention, not just other print magazines, newspapers and cable. It's your kid's report card and the games you want to play, all the things that compete for people's time.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • People
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  • Attention

• It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Love
  • Think
  • Being There

• I eat tons of green veggies to keep my PH balance in check.

  

  Valerie Cruz
  • Balance
  • Green
  • Eat

• I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got the greenlight. And when it finally got the greenlight, I was very happy to be a part of it.

  

  Tasha Smith
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• I wake up at about 9 a.m., and have a few hours of school or time to relax. Then, I have practice at 2:30 p.m. with my team.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Up
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• There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.

  

  Felix Dennis
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• I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
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• I, for one, believe that partisanship should have nothing to do with the actions of Christ. You're either Christlike, or you're not.

  

  Nate Parker
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• I fell in love with acting at around the age of 11, when I was drafted in to play a fairy at an amateur production of 'Midsummer Night's Dream.'

  

  Zoe Tapper
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• Those who are able to afford to live in a neighborhood with 'good schools' will do so, knowing that a good education is the key to good opportunity for their children.

  

  Kristen Soltis Anderson
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• I can be a bit extreme. I'll spend too much time running round the park, doing yoga and drinking green tea. I can get a bit obsessive. I have to rein it in sometimes.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • Time
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• Karl Lagerfeld looks very tough because of the glasses, and he has all these rings and the leather gloves, and he's so smart. But he's a very nice person... when he comes into a room or studio, he is going to say hello to each person, and the same when he leaves.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Nice
  • Smart
  • Same

• Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins.

  

  Charles Eastman
  • Family
  • Character
  • Friendship

• You see, as Americans we're not defined by class, and we will never be told our place. What makes our nation exceptional is that anyone, from any background, can climb the highest of heights.

  

  Rick Perry
  • Class
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  • Height

• I don't like the way some actors, when playing a nasty character, will try to grab hold of something good about them.

  

  Peter Mullan
  • Good
  • Character
  • Nasty