Robert Webb Quotes
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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My stepfather had a connection with The Second City and told me I should go there. I woke up in a cold sweat one night and said, 'I'm moving to Chicago.' That's how I went to Second City.
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South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.
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I think it was absolutely a mistake for President Obama and Harry Reid to force a government shutdown.
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My dad was always busy. You would pop round for a cup of tea, and within minutes you would see him walking past with a step-ladder. He was always fixing things.
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I want to go to film college to learn about the departments and how everything works. Then I'm going to start directing.
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When you don't get what you want, it just makes you accept real life.
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I don't have parts of my body that I hate or would like to trade for somebody else's or wish I could surgically adjust into some fantasy version of what they are.
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I would never shoot down any opportunity to challenge myself or stretch myself.
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Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.
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When an actor decides to play a character, he must exude some sort of charisma and look relatable, even if he is playing the role of a really unattractive person.
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I think I have a good head on my shoulders.
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Being sad and being depressed are two different things. Also, people going through depression don't look so, while someone sad will look sad. The most common reaction is, 'How can you be depressed? You have everything going for you. You are the supposed number one heroine and have a plush home, car, movies... What else do you want?'
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Writing in another language gives me an additional freedom, an additional way of thinking. It's a challenge, but I like the challenge.
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You never know when you start a project just how good it can be.
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Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.
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I enjoy it all: performIng, doing TV, movies, comedy, drama, stand-up, animation voicework, singing, but you get that instant gratification from stand-up because it's your own commentary and you get to see the reaction from the audience that's right there in front of you. I also love coming up with characters and watching people embrace them and enjoy them.
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The goal is always just to write the best song that you can write. I mean, the process for writing a song is the process for writing a song. It's not something I look at it as something I need to do something different.
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Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient.
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I think jokes can actually go to places that drama can't.
