Roland Emmerich Quotes
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One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.
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The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater is the best place to grow as an actor.
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The life of an actor is never one to get comfortable.
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I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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Travelling expands the mind rarely.
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If it's a good cause, I'll play just about anything.
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If you talk about sous-vide, then you have to talk about food safety, and microbiology, and heat.
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I read that when cats are cuddling and kneading you, and you think it's cute, they're really just checking your vitals for weak spots.
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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.
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I'm waiting for the floor to drop out from under me.
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A lot of people don't believe in curses. A lot of people don't believe in yellow-spotted lizards either, but if one bites you, it doesn't make a difference whether you believe in it or not.
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The music usually occurs to me as a complete sound, and then I have developed the skill of being able to translate that into a fully realized song.
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Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours For one lone soul another lonely soul, Each choosing each through all the weary hours, And meeting strangely at one sudden goal, Then blend they, like green leaves with golden flowers, Into one beautiful and perfect whole; And life's long night is ended, and the way Lies open onward to eternal day.
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Just because war is hell doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun.
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In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.
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English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.
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There are few talents so richly rewarded - especially in politics and the media - as the ability to portray parasites as victims, and portray demands for preferential treatment as struggles for equal rights.
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Actors tend to get in their own way, a lot. A lot of times you will do things that will screw up your audition process. I was very bad at auditioning, and I always went in to it saying ‘God I hope I don’t screw this up.’ But at the same time, the directors are saying, ‘God, I hope this person is the savior.’ You have to remember is that the worst thing that could happen is you don’t get the job you don’t already have.
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Fame: Ain't gonna live forever. Never worried about dying 'cause it can be any better, but whatever happens to happen always happens for the worst. So if the worst is yet to happen, I hope it happens to you first.
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Everybody knows that the industrialized nations are the worst offenders.
