Paul Greengrass Quotes
Action is only really compelling when it reveals character - character revealed through action, and not action for its own sake.
Quotes to Explore
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital.
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The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?
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John Mayer and Jack Johnson are two of my all-time favorites. I love Colbie Caillat and really cool, beach-y, guitar, acoustic type music.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.
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A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.
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People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews.
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In the past, I used to tell everyone that I have never had a boyfriend, because I was still quite young. However, I cannot say the same thing now.
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As a comic, it's anti-comedy to be known. I think a lot of comedic actors get lost in this world of Hollywood and all this stuff. They lose what brought them there in the first place. I'm very trepidatious about it.
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It's my strong belief that when people love each other and are desirous of creating a committed relationship with each other that they should be allowed to marry, regardless of their sexual orientation.
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A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
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There are people who don't respond to color. That's what painting is. It's color.
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Even the good she found in him was really the goodness she had put in him, the goodness he had put on himself as a disguise in order to get her to marry him.
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Where theory lags behind the facts, we are dealing with miserable degenerating research programmes.
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Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt;It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
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Liberty is the possibility of isolation.
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Any nitwit can understand computers, and many do.
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There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character and coming out from there.
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I think there's a time to be private and a time to be public, and I think that companies like Facebook and Groupon are basically transformational companies. You don't come across them very often, and I'm pretty sure that they can continue to grow for a long time even being public.
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Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas – including this one.
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Action is only really compelling when it reveals character - character revealed through action, and not action for its own sake.
