Paul McGann (Paul John McGann) Quotes
I think you can make perfectly good television just from people who are genuinely interested, talking to people who genuinely know - simple as it sounds, it can be riveting.
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I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight.
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I'm a good Muslim and I'm only interested in Islam.
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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People love to be told what they know already.
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.
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People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. Some economists say they're like sausages: you don't know what they really are until you cut into them.
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Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
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I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television. If anything comes on, I make them shut it off, or I leave the room.
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Know or listen to those who know.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
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I try not to look any further ahead than the next cup of tea. You never know if that cuppa will come or not, do you?
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I don't know how to be a rapper. I just know how to be me.
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I'm comfortable only when there's a mutual attraction. That's what anyone wants. If I find out she's not attracted to me, it brings down my level of attraction to her. If I'm interested and find out she's not, I tend to cool off.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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Listen, when somebody says, 'I take the fifth,' well, you know, they did something, OK? Why else would they take the fifth?
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Right now, I'm known for making movies. And I wonder if that's it. I don't know. It doesn't feel like it to me.
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I was in New York doing musicals in the theater and on Broadway before 'Orange,' so people always ask, 'Are you ever going to get to sing? Does she even sing?' But people who know me know I actually do sing.
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In politics, you never know who's going to die, retire, or - in Illinois - get indicted.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?
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Life is so much easier when I allow myself to be myself and go with the flow. Whatever that looks like on a given day. If I can get quiet enough to truly check-in with myself, I usually end up on the right track.
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I think you can make perfectly good television just from people who are genuinely interested, talking to people who genuinely know - simple as it sounds, it can be riveting.
