Jonathan Anderson Quotes
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I've been told I have an aggressive driving style.
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One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, 'You should always buy something to treat yourself to say, 'Well done for getting the job!'
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Doing 'Prometheus' was what you imagine being an actor is like when you're five. In a spacesuit, on another planet, getting killed by an alien. It was a real treat; it felt like being a part of movie history.
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I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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I think much of what you learn as a kid comes before age seven.
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I'm a creative person, so I have to stay busy.
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There's not a lot of pure evil in the world, but it's amazing how little it takes to do great damage.
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Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.
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I worked as an actor for many years. Then I segued to some non-fiction writing.
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I'm not afraid to write my feelings in songs.
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I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman.
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When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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One of the things that's great about doing a show over and over again... is that you have to find ways to make it spontaneous, as though everything is happening for the first time... to continue to mine the material and find new things.
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
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Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.
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I believe in being an innovator.
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The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can.
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I'd watch old movies with Judy Garland, Shirley Temple and Bette Davis and long to be part of that glamorous world. A lot of that glamour is gone now. In my own small way, I hope I'm bringing some of it back. But it would be great if I could inspire women to dress up.
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To be a statesman, you must first get elected.
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I've never been the sort of person to walk into a room and have *clicks fingers* 50 women want to sleep with me, ok, and suddenly you walk across a stage and you have a video clip and you know girls want to go out with you and think you're beautiful!
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There's nothing tiny or insignificant. Everything is significant. And everything flows on the same basis of Laws. Whether you are looking at world events or something that's happening in your kitchen drawer, broad and important, or narrow and seemingly insignificant, there's potential for connection or disconnection in either case. And it is only the connection or the disconnection that is of really any importance.
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A critic once described me as an 'amiable beanpole.' I got it printed on a T-shirt.
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I find it difficult to go to museums. I prefer houses.
