Iain Glen Quotes
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I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
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I always watch the work I do.
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I can go all over the world with Skype.
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In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
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I would like - either as an actor, or producer or even director - to do something sci-fi or action-related. I like sci-fi, always have, 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' and all that stuff.
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One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.
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Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.
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I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams.
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I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.
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'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again.
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My character in 'Batman v Superman' isn't supposed to be Japanese, but director Zack Snyder said he'd seen me in 'Wolverine' and had to get me in the film somehow. Hearing that was like music to my ears.
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I'm not the kind of director who aims to send a message out.
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I don't watch the show - only bits and pieces of all of them. The only one I sat through was the pilot.
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I would do anything and I will continue to do anything I can to stop the train wreck that is Obamacare.
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I have my pride. I'm a director. I'm not going to go and recreate some other director's vision.
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I'm not a snob. I can make a meal out of anything. I can eat anywhere.
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I don't have a director. The audience directs me.
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We are like the mechanism of a watch: each part is essential.
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You have to understand that people feel threatened by a writer. It's very curious. He knows something they don't know. He knows how to write, and that's a subtle, disturbing quality he has. Some directors without even knowing it, resent the writer in the same way Bob Hope might resent the fact he ain't funny without twelve guys writing the jokes. The director knows the script he is carrying around on the set every day was written by someone, and that's just not something that all directors easily digest.
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Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
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In a typically contradictory move, globalisation, while promoting economic integration among elites, has exacerbated sectarianism everywhere else.
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The commission process in America and England is different. In America, they do it through an interview process, and it's really based on whether they like you or not. I mean, it's nothing to do with whether you do the best scheme or the worst scheme.
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I don't drink at lunchtime because I'm very weak at alcohol like most Asians.
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I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch.
