Rutger Hauer Quotes

"Good guy" or "bad guy", hero or anti hero; doesn't matter to me, what role I play, only the character have something magical.

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• When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Words

• Hollywood's got its own particular environment.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Environment
  • Hollywood
  • Got

• I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.

  

  Manu Bennett
  • Kid
  • Dancing
  • Australia

• Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Nature
  • Man
  • Service

• I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.

  

  Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
  • Hip Hop
  • Chris
  • Martin

• All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.

  

  Barry Unsworth
  • Feeling
  • Unique
  • Perception

• Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Mean
  • Nose
  • Solar

• Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • You
  • Enjoy
  • Doing

• I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Up
  • Man
  • Respect

• There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like 'Down to the Bone,' you have the opportunity to be of service.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Opportunity
  • Service
  • Acting

• We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us.

  

  Gary Ackerman
  • Congress
  • Jewish
  • Some

• I am so lucky that throughout my career I've been able to play such different characters.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • Career
  • Play
  • Characters

• My philosophy is 'learn while you live.' 'LazyTown' is about balance. I'm not there yet.

  

  Magnus Scheving
  • Live
  • Balance
  • Philosophy

• I have to represent. I feel proud to have a culture that's different... and proud to be a Latina. We're not all categorized as one type of person... there's people from everywhere doing different things who have different types of cultures. Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.

  

  Natalie Martinez
  • People
  • Different
  • Strong

• We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.

  

  Yves Saint Laurent
  • Never
  • Elegance
  • Snobbery

• κόσμον μὲν ἀνδρὸς οὔτιν᾽ ἂν τρέσαιμ᾽ ἐγώ,οὐδ᾽ ἑλκοποιὰ γίγνεται τὰ σήματαλόφοι δὲ κώδων τ᾽ οὐ δάκνουσ᾽ ἄνευ δορός.

  

  Aeschylus

• A sledgehammer breaks glass but forges steel.

  

  Leon Trotsky

• Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do.

  

  The Weeknd

• The devadasis have a multilayered story, a story in which poverty, deprivation and injustice against women is central - but what has happened to them is absolutely an outcome of imperialism and the impact of British rule in India.

  

  Beeban Kidron
  • Women
  • Poverty

• When you think about it, what's the difference between Bobby Knight and Vince Lombardi? Why is one guy a god, and the other guy is regarded as a crazy man?

  

  Brian Dennehy
  • God
  • Why
  • Guy

• I played against Kobe a lot when I was in high school during the summers, even in college, just being that guy in L.A. coming up. He always gave me advice here and there, and even the smallest things stuck with me. I watched every single thing that Kobe did, every game, every move. He made me a student of the game.

  

  DeMar DeRozan
  • Up
  • School
  • High

• Anne Elliot was the one Jane Austen character I didn't fall in love with. She seemed sad and defeated.

  

  Louisa Hall
  • She
  • Character
  • Fall

• I can go to my premiere at the Chinese Theatre, and everyone will know me, and everyone will cater to me. And then I'll go to an audition and get rejected left, right and centre. They don't watch my videos, and they don't really know who I am. It is like starting from scratch when it comes to traditional Hollywood.

  

  Lilly Singh
  • Theatre
  • Chinese

• "Good guy" or "bad guy", hero or anti hero; doesn't matter to me, what role I play, only the character have something magical.

  

  Rutger Hauer
  • Character
  • Guy
  • Hero