Michael Chiklis Quotes
I enjoy being an actor largely; in part at least, because you get to walk a mile in another person's shoes, you get to see what their skin is like. The other good thing is you get to leave it.
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Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.
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I started modelling when I was 13, so I learned a lot of things. I actually love doing make-up on other people, too.
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One of the reasons we all still read Jane Austen is because her books are about universal things which still matter today - love, money, family. They haven't gone out of fashion, so it's not throwing the baby out with the bathwater to rework her in a contemporary style.
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As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.
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Things have always sort of happened for me. Something else always comes up.
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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I love mispronunciations. I love when people mispronounce things.
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Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.
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Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.
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What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed.
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I would love to learn popping, locking and robotics, gymnastics and acrobatics; it is amazing to learn these things.
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I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things.
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I love actors.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
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No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.
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People have to do things in their own time, and that's what I did.
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The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.
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Usually I approach to acting completely blindfolded. I read the script, I connect to the character, and then I try not to think about it too much until I'm there and I'm in wardrobe and I'm with the other actors and we're going through the scene once.
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Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.
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Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.
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A promise made is a debt unpaid.
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The Germans are often too bureaucratic, too fixated on rules and not risk-oriented enough. And some of their officials have the feeling that they need to make everything in the cityscape look nice and pretty as quickly as possible. That was particularly apparent in the former East Germany after reunification. Then cities sometimes get a bit too neat and tidy.
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I enjoy being an actor largely; in part at least, because you get to walk a mile in another person's shoes, you get to see what their skin is like. The other good thing is you get to leave it.
