Rutger Hauer Quotes
Well, of course, every actor's limited, and I am the first one to admit it, in all honesty, when I think that I've hit the wall a bit. I'm not ashamed at all, I think it's a process that you have to go through. That's how you learn.
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It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.
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The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It's always changing.
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I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.
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I may be a star in the South, but when I go to Bollywood, I am a clean slate, a white paper. Whatever the director makes of me is what I will become for the audience.
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If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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I am happy in Paris.
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Now when the two armies met, many and fierce were the combats waged between them, and blows were given and received, and swords flashed and showers of arrows descended on all sides.
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Notting Hill is a very different carnival from anywhere else. This is an international city, so it represents everybody. You walk around every corner here, you'll hear something new. It's awesome.
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But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
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It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it.
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When it comes to meetings and preparing for that, it doesn't matter if it's a meeting with the U.N.; with a large operator, CEO, or chairman; or if I have an internal meeting - in all cases, I know that the energy and the engagement in every discussion is extremely important.
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A lot of my work is about what's abstract and what's pictorial. Is it bubblegum, or is it an abstract painting using bubblegum? The energy comes from walking that line and watching things dip this way and that.
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Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
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The essence of the conservative message should be we want a dynamic nation where anybody with nothing can achieve anything.
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When you produce and direct, your movies are different to you. They're not just something you act in.
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What Wall Street and credit card companies are doing is really not much different from what gangsters and loan sharks do who make predatory loans. While the bankers wear three-piece suits and don't break the knee caps of those who can't pay back, they still are destroying people's lives.
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Honesty is the greatest aphrodisiac.
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I think we all realized what was at stake. We had talked about it all week, the big ballgame for us and for them there was a lot at stake. There was a lot riding on it and we didn't play well. I think we take a long hard look at ourselves, and it certainly starts with me.
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Well, of course, every actor's limited, and I am the first one to admit it, in all honesty, when I think that I've hit the wall a bit. I'm not ashamed at all, I think it's a process that you have to go through. That's how you learn.
