Tilda Swinton Quotes
Maybe it was my revenge on people who had been unkind to me as a child. But it was very easy and a thrill to freeze up children.
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Graffiti has an interesting relationship to the broader world of hip-hop: It's part of the culture, but also in a weird way a stepchild of the culture.
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When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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'Anna Karenina' is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. It's gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, it's the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children.
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Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.
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I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had worked hard to come to it. And I was lost.
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I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artists at various points in my career and sharing their stories and music with millions of fans on air through TV and radio.
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My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film.
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Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to help one another; they can't just check out when they feel they're not getting any benefits.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.
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I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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Being a celebrity is a business.
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Good style - regardless of fads - means the thing that suits your body.
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The greatest threat to civility - and ultimately civilization - is an excess of certitude. The world is much menaced just now by people who think that the world and their duties in it are clear and simple. They are certain that they know what - who - created the universe and what this creator wants them to do to make our little speck in the universe perfect, even if extreme measures - even violence - are required.
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One thing I've always been concerned about is the objectification of women in ads, and that's one thing where I was like, 'Well, if I become a part of advertising, I could change that.'
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I don't think one should attribute the success and failure of a film to a single actor. When you decide to do a film, you weigh the pros and cons before taking a call. Only when you run out of patience, get insecure, and feel your career is heading nowhere do you sign anything that comes your way.
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I'm hoping to do more with my music. I did the stage musical 'Spring Awakening' recently and it reignited the love I have for singing.
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Maybe it was my revenge on people who had been unkind to me as a child. But it was very easy and a thrill to freeze up children.
