Dabney Coleman Quotes
But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not contributing to the humor of this thing. And I had to do something.
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To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage.
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I don't understand why every guy is not a romantic. I enjoy it.
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I remember in the '80s, Randy Travis was my guy. He's the reason I moved to Nashville, and I just loved him. But at some point when he was winning everything, you find yourself pulling for other people.
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The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. It's funny - people ask me that, and I don't know what to tell them.
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This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition.
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Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.
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Flirting is funny. And it's awkward and weird.
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I'm a big guy, but I'm really simple with the food. I'll hit the In-N-Out or just the regular buffets.
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I try genuinely, when I'm playing a character, to not judge them and just to inhabit someone as how one sees them. That being said, you also want to make sure that you don't blur the edges of people too much because humans are naughty and complicated beings.
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The thing that intrigued me about 'Breaking Bad' from day one was the idea of taking a character and transforming him.
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When I read the pilot 'for Married with Children', it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... just a self-deprecating kind of guy. He'd come home from work, and the wife would maybe say 'I ran over the dog this morning in the driveway'. And he would say 'Fine, what's for dinner?
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The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia!
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Daddy was hilarious. He could take the most mundane event and tell it so that we all on the floor laughing. He trained me in the joys of humor.
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Life is funny. If you don't laugh, you're in trouble.
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'Aladdin' was probably my favorite Disney animation when I was a kid. The animation was great and Robin Williams was unbelievable as the Genie. 'Aladdin' was an amazing adventure and the lead character was a hero for guys, which I loved. It wasn't a princess or a girl beating the odds; it was a street rat. That seemed really cool to me.
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My wife's a loving, funny, Irish-spirited person, and I'm still surprised at some of the things she says. She makes me laugh every day.
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Home teaching is an excellent preparation for missionary service.
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But this was my chance to go to the Super Bowl. Nothing was going to stop me.
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Every man's entitled to hope.
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People have this delusion that everything has to be for everybody at all times. Every album must be liked by everybody, and every TV show must be liked by everybody, and every movie must be liked by everybody. Everything then becomes bland.
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There are certain authors that do not turn students on; it is the truth. Homer happens to be one of them.
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But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not contributing to the humor of this thing. And I had to do something.
