Michael Cerveris Quotes
My father is a university professor so when the schools needed a little kid for their productions I was often the kid they used. The first time I was ever on stage was about 2nd grade.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
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Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
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They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.
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Coaching the Bruins is like going bear hunting with a butter knife.
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The thing about animals is that they don't judge you. They accept you the way you are.
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As a person who performs on stage, it's good to be emotionally open. If you mess with someone when they are in that state, it's like you're messing with an animal when it's eating.
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I don't do rewrites. I put all the pages in a pile next to the typewriter.
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One of the things that may appeal to teenagers is that vampires never change - they're frozen in that age.
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What happened in Queensland is that people are facing high unemployment relative to other states - 5.7 per cent when I last checked.
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There is less in this than meets the eye.
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I feel like J. K. Rowling's world is one that is owned by everyone in some ways. People have grown up with it and have such a sense of that universe that there's something kind of wonderful seeing everyone get involved.
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Fear has been a big battle, it runs rampant in my sport so I love to overcome that, to challenge it head on, because there is nothing that feels as accomplished as overcoming a fear, and something that has blocked you in such a big way.
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I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on.
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It was sort of a solution to financial problems when I was a little kid. I just kept doing it because it's fun to be on movie sets.
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When I start doing movies, that'll be the time to pack Vine in. Quit when you're on top. Be the king.
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Copywriting cuts the communication cord between word and feeling. By offering instant gratification, it atrophies more subtle emotions.
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I mean, I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it.
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I am really not of the school of naturalism. I like style, and you can use more style in theater than in film roles. I love to sink my teeth into a part.
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I didn't get a high school diploma. I really didn't have much of an education, which left me open to educating myself throughout my life, without the limitations on intellectual curiosity a formal education can impose. I followed what interested me.
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My father is a university professor so when the schools needed a little kid for their productions I was often the kid they used. The first time I was ever on stage was about 2nd grade.
