Tilda Swinton Quotes
The whole thing of working in collaboration with filmmakers is the thing that I love the most, and possibly the thing I do the best.
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There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
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It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all these different songs that I love. That's why they jump all over the place.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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Principles are a dangerous form of social dynamite.
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I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
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When I got to law school, I didn't do very well. To put it mildly, I didn't do very well. I, in fact, graduated in the part of my law school class that made the top 90% possible.
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South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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Wherever there's an all-encompassing 'always,' 'all' or 'never' in your life, it's a sign that your mischievous subconscious is setting you up for failure by consistently leading you back toward these repeat performances.
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My first priority is trying to protect my family.
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In the acting community in New York we call 'Law & Order' 'grad school,' because everyone eventually does a 'Law & Order.' My first one was in 1995, which was a year after I got out of school. Matthew Blanchard was the character's name.
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If values matter in an organisation, you have to be prepared to act consistently.
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If you just did a horror tone throughout an entire movie you almost, as an audience, can get a little bit used to it. But if you're laughing one minute and, you know, somebody's doing something quite horrific the next minute, it's a little more shocking.
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You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and I felt like I was in heaven.
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Words are charms. It's like a song you didn't even know you knew.
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The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.
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Nothing wrong with making money.
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If you want your hair to be thicker, cut it when the moon is about to be full - a heavy, full, waxing moon. Do not cut it when the moon's waning.
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I have gone from a player who thought he would spend his whole career with one organization to a player who's been with three organizations in a week. It's like rotisserie baseball.
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Anytime there's a God, there has to be a devil. And anytime there's good, there has to be evil. And the evil sometimes is the best!
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The first rock stars were incredibly theatrical. Little Richard and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley - they were theater artists.
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I actually didn't go to prom. I didn't have the chance.
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The whole thing of working in collaboration with filmmakers is the thing that I love the most, and possibly the thing I do the best.
