Harry Hadden-Paton Quotes
What's great about the play Pygmalion is that it's sort of two plays. It's the one simple trajectory of girl bettering herself. It's a bet; it's a dare. Will they get away with it? Basic seed: boom. And then it goes into a different direction.
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Girls are the best readers in the world. Reading is really a way of kind of escaping so deeply into yourself and pursuing your own thoughts within the construct of a story.
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How many different works of art have been inspired by 'Don Quixote?' Thousands. Most people enter the novel, for better or worse, through the musical the 'Man Of La Mancha.'
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We will expect to cop it and we'll cop it sweet.
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Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.
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A jump shot can get you a shoe deal, a big house, a supermodel, fancy cars, a bunch of yes men, a Swiss bank account. But none of these things can get you a jump shot.
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Only when you accept that one day you'll die can you let go, and make the best out of life. And that's the big secret. That's the miracle.
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Oh, I do get lonely, yes.
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I have no scene, I go everywhere, I adapt.
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while the scientist sees everything that happens in one point of space, the poet feels everything that happens in one point of time.
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Going first is courageous. I'm just talking on a spirit level now.
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There are those who make music and movies in a linear way: They plan them, they have a script. Of course, you have to have a script sometimes, but that alone isn't enough.
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I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.
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The BBC, during its 24 hours on the air, plays a very wide range of stuff. And it's not commercial.
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A lot of people were doubting us coming in, saying that we had no big names or playmakers. But we knew we had guys who could go out there and make plays and compete.
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What's great about the play Pygmalion is that it's sort of two plays. It's the one simple trajectory of girl bettering herself. It's a bet; it's a dare. Will they get away with it? Basic seed: boom. And then it goes into a different direction.
