Hallgrimur Helgason Quotes
... I stare into the fridge. Like a mirrored image of myself. Cold and empty, and the lights come on only when you open the door. Otherwise ice-cold purring darkness.
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I'm a character actor.
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I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
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As a younger actor, I had delusions. I would dream of Scorsese and De Niro; I would meet people, and it would be like this, and it would change moviemaking in France, and Paris would become the center of the world.
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Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
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Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.
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Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings!
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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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I'd love to do another 'Indiana Jones.' A character that has a history and a potential, kind of a rollicking good movie ride for the audience, Steven Spielberg as a director - what's not to like?
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What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.
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We appreciate quiet living. It's not exactly a Hollywood way of life - I couldn't stand living out in Hollywood because you can never escape from the business. All people ever do is talk about movies. At least in New York you can have some other life.
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My parents always say I have really good legs. I've worked really hard for them. They always insist that I show my legs.
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The only hope I can see for the future depends on a wiser and braver use of the reason, not a panic flight from it.
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The majority of my work is about preparation.
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In tactics, action is the governing rule of war.
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My favorite color is light pink. I also like baby blue because it brings out my eyes.
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Catfights? What catfights? There is a healthy rivalry between me and other actresses but no one’s ever been bitchy. Kareena Kapoor is a cool girl. As for Preity Zinta, we share an on-screen rapport but we were never friends.
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All you have to do is say Fuck Off when the vagina doctor calls.
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I had had a father whose shoes I could never fill, against whom I would never measure up; yet, I felt no pressure do so.
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No, sir, th' dimmycratic party ain't on speakin' terms with itsilf. Whin ye see two men with white neckties go into a sthreet car an' set in opposite corners while wan mutthers Thraiter an' th' other hisses Miscreent ye can bet they're two dimmycratic leaders thryin' to reunite th' gran' ol' party.
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You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.
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I think that Eric Holder has an animosity, a genuine hostility, toward local law enforcement - specifically toward white police officers. He truly believes that every white police officer is a stone-cold racist.
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I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.
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If you visualize a failure, you tend to create the conditions that produce failure. Visualize-believe-and thank God in advance.
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... I stare into the fridge. Like a mirrored image of myself. Cold and empty, and the lights come on only when you open the door. Otherwise ice-cold purring darkness.
