Paul McGann (Paul John McGann) Quotes

As an actor, you get hired to repeat yourself. It wears you out.

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• Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.

  

  Victoria Moran
  • Beauty
  • Same
  • Old

• I had an Indiana Jones fedora that I loved. I don't know what happened to it. I don't know where it went. Wish I had it back. Whoever's got it, you suck.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Know
  • Wish
  • Loved

• RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Believe
  • Society
  • Change

• Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a brand new day for the Illinois Republican Party.

  

  Adam Kinzinger
  • Party
  • Day
  • Brand

• Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it.'

  

  Karl Malone
  • People
  • Dream
  • Dreams

• To develop drugs for people, we basically dismantle the system. In the lab, we look at things the size of a cell or two. We dismantle life into very small models.

  

  Aaron Ciechanover
  • People
  • Life
  • Small

• I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.

  

  Randy Harrison
  • Career
  • Know
  • Independent

• Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Man
  • Way
  • Superior

• Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

  

  U Thant
  • Men
  • Love
  • Compassion

• I made a very concerted decision to go to drama school in the United States. But I did have the opportunity to go to Britain's Central School of Speech and Drama, and my dad and I had a few tense words about that. He wanted me to go to British drama school.

  

  Kate Burton
  • School
  • Words
  • Opportunity

• I'm one of the lucky actors in television. I don't make a lot of big waves, but there's constant activity, and that's the way I prefer to live my life.

  

  Patrick Duffy
  • Life
  • Live
  • My Life

• I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Music
  • Mind
  • Home

• Compromise has a negative connotation.

  

  Abdolkarim Soroush
  • Negative
  • Compromise

• I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Proud
  • Excited
  • Individuals

• It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.

  

  Yuri Milner
  • People
  • World
  • Black

• My friends gave me the first songs which was the first food in my soul for me.

  

  Nana Mouskouri
  • Friends
  • Soul
  • Food

• If 'Married With Children' hadn't come out when it did, would we really be looking at 'Roseanne,' 'The Middle,' and 'Raising Hope' and being, like, 'Look at how stereotypical they are to lower-income white people!'

  

  Parvesh Cheena
  • People
  • Children
  • Hope

• There are no Dave Marrs anymore.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • Anymore
  • Dave

• Massages are my favorite. Sometimes just getting myself outside for a walk if I'm really busy can be an indulgence. I love taking naps. I love to stay up too late with close friends. I believe in everything in moderation. I take what I like and leave what I don't.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Love

• Cleaning and painting finished, the next target was the big ware press in the parlour. Out came delicate china which had been in the family for years. My mother's respect for the Stations weighed against her fear of breakage, but the Stations won every time. Once when a precious jug was broken she mourned it for days, telling us all how long it had been in the family. Finally, Dan, our part-time travelling farm worker, said, "Missus, if it was here that long it was time to break it." And that was the end of that.

  

  Alice Taylor
  • China
  • Breakage

• Because knowing where we come from allows us to know who we are. Our past is part of us. We can't outrun our past, no matter how hard we try.

  

  Eric Van Lustbader
  • Past
  • Knowing
  • No Matter

• I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Different
  • Kind
  • Play

• There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.

  

  Bela Lugosi
  • School
  • Actor
  • Vampire

• As an actor, you get hired to repeat yourself. It wears you out.

  

  Paul McGann
  • Actor
  • Repeat
  • Hired