Peter Mullan Quotes
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Awards don't really mean much.
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I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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I love Nelly. He's such a great performer. He's so hyper and so am I.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
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Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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I support gay unions. I think the government should get out of the marriage business completely - leave marriages to the churches. And grant civil unions to gay couples, grant civil unions to a man and woman.
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Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.
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First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.
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The guys in Kiss use some make up too so at first it was exiting. I've almost stopped using make-up nowadays.
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I started in investment banking at Allen & Company in 1991. It was the go-go days of media mergers, and we were incredibly busy with one deal after another. Unlike typical investment banking groups, even in the midst of merger mania, we didn't have a formal face-time culture - and I felt empowered by that.
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If a role demands in a good project, I wouldn't mind wearing a bikini.
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If I die tomorrow, I've done the two hardest things anybody can do in this life with the least amount of security - music and acting - and I've had success in both. I can't really complain. I try not to live my life that way.
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We can win respect in the world only if we are strong internally and can banish poverty and unemployment from our country.
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I find the world more absurd now than I did when I was a kid.
