Michael Apted Quotes
I had wanted to make a film about World War II for some time, but I didn't really want to do something that was set in the trenches, so to speak.
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Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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In 'D.A.R.Y.L.' there was a part where I had to freeze to death, and they didn't even use it. It can get kind of frustrating. But I don't regret that I decided to become an actor. Besides, if I don't like it at any time, I can stop.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I moved out at 18. I always studied classes and trained a lot, you know. I think nowadays is such a different time because there's so many channels promoting the celebrity aspect of things.
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I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like they've experienced something.
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I'm excited about it, thrilled with the success thus far.
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I cannot recall a period when I did not draw; and at school, the studies that were distasteful to me, mathematics and grammar, were retarded by the indulgence of teachers who were proud of my drawing faculties, and passed over my neglect of uncongenial subjects.
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I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought that someday she would have to leave home.
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Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
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How many good books suffer neglect through the inefficiency of their beginnings!
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When our markets work, people throughout our economy benefit - Americans seeking to buy a car or buy a home, families borrowing to pay for college, innovators borrowing on the strength of a good idea for a new product or technology, and businesses financing investments that create new jobs.
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Boredom is not an end-product, is comparatively rather an early stage in life and art. You've got to go by or past or through boredom, as through a filter, before the clear product emerges.
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We carry in our worlds that flourish, our worlds that have failed.
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It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way.
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There's a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a discussion. I listen.
