Everett McGill Quotes
The director can't do your job for you. He can't get in front of the camera and perform your part.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I'm mad, they say. I am temperamental and dizzy and disagreeable. Well, let them talk. I can take it. Only one person can hurt me. Her name is Ida Lupino.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around.
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I believe in doing what I am best at.
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I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.
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My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly.
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I have Internet fame. Real fame is more intense.
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Talking about relationships is a surefire way to jinx them.
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I was having a conversation with my father and he was talking about this thing - strangeness and charm. It's actually the name of the two smallest particles that there are when you split the atom, so I wrote a song around it. I even managed to fit the word 'hydrogen' in there. Isn't that a nice thing for scientists to call them though?
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Eating by myself in my own apartment, single and alone again for the first time in many years, I should have felt, but did not feel, sad. Because I had taken the trouble to make myself a real dinner, I felt nurtured and cared for, if only by myself. Eating alone was freeing, too; I didn't have to make conversation.
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We just have to remember that we're all in this together and that we all want our state, and our country, to succeed.
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In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing.
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When I saw you smile I saw a dream come true
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My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays. Others might have written them better: but, as I have written them, the advantage will probably remain mine.
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New cell phones are my weakness.
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Together, we will lead our party back to the White House, and we will lead our country back to safety, prosperity, and peace.
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I'm an actor. I love to act. That's my job. I'll leave the politicking to others.
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The camera for an artist is just another tool. It is no more mechanical than a violin if you analyze it. Beyond the rudiments, it is up to the artist to create art, not the camera.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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There is always a place in the world for those who are willing to give of their time, energy, capital, creativity, and commitment.
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The director can't do your job for you. He can't get in front of the camera and perform your part.
