Abraham Lincoln Quotes
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
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Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.
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People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditional American holiday experience that I never had growing up.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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If you don't have something that glues the audience to the screen, you're in trouble.
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It's not politically incorrect to say you're Republican or conservative.
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The 'Vanity Fair' article was interesting to do because it was the first time I ever really had the opportunity to be absolutely truthful with a reporter about every aspect of my life.
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When I'm writing, which is 8-9 months out of the year, I'm in a concerted writing pace, where I work 5 days a week for at least a few hours a day, maybe a little bit more. But I won't work for more than 2 hours at a time. I'll work for a couple hours and take a break.
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By the time I hit college, my secret shame was the reason I was an actor was my own words sort of dried up. I stopped writing. I stopped being able to form my own vision. That's actually what my first feature is about - looking back at two different selves.
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
