Hayley Atwell Quotes
The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably.
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A lot of shows fly under the radar for the first couple seasons and then become successful. It doesn't necessarily have any bearing on the success of the show or how much the network is behind it.
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There's a real sense of camaraderie with sitcoms.
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No matter what you say you might do, you never really know until you're in the moment. Every situation is so different.
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I was living on the wrong side of the tracks in Evanston, Illinois, in a home for boys. We had these Jackson 5 records. I really related to their voices - they were about my age, but they were doing it.
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An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in.
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I wanted to play baseball!
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There are 80,000 prostitutes in London alone and what are they, if not bloody sacrifices on the altar of monogamy?
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I want to have the career that is my choice - what interests me, what doesn't. I feel more and more strongly about that.
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You don't choose a film because it's made by a woman, you choose it because it's good.
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A lot of actors are like, 'Why do I do this? My character wouldn't do this? This doesn't make sense.' And in a comedy, you kind of just need to walk into the door.
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My favorite expression is a tag line or an advertising and marketing campaign that Ford ran a number of years ago. They ran it for almost 12 years, and it was, 'Have you driven a Ford lately?'
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If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.
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I had an amazing childhood, lots of love. But my dad worked his tail off, getting up at 4 in the morning and going off at 5, 6 o'clock, yet he always had time to spend with his kids and his wife.
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I was never interested in 'Teen Beat' like roles. I just wanted to work.
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Back in the 1980s, you could learn how to add memory cards to your PC in a Radio Shack.
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Any time a young adult book throws a girl and a guy together, the clock starts running on the countdown to the kiss.
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If I can bring some light to bear on problems like that, I feel that people will be enlightened not only on the question but also on a way of approaching such questions.
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I try to deal with my serious reading before work.
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I am a glutton for tranquility.
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There is no such thing as a dumb question but there is such a thing as a dumb person asking a question.
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Anything I learned about the fine art of acting I learned from Hugo.
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The city no longer exists except as a cultural ghost for tourists. Any highway eatery with its TV set, newspaper and magazine is as cosmopolitan as New York or Paris. (p.12)
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The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably.
