Sebastian Faulks Quotes
I want to be careful not to throw all this away. This is happiness. I think this is what happiness is. I haven't got it yet, but I can sense it out there. I feel I'm close to it. Some days, I'm so close I can almost smell it.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing.
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I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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I try to stay as naive as possible so I'm not as aware as much of the risks.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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I commanded an Army unit, and I placed the highest priority on a commander's authority to lead, manage, and discipline the men and women under his or her command within the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.
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The only two characters I can play convincingly are myself and a dumber and sweeter version of myself.
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My childhood was appalling.
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Bikes and planes aren't about going fast or having fun; they're toys, but serious ones.
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If we have the intent to use the military only when needed, then that also becomes, then, therefore, a credible deterrent.
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Everyone dreams of living in Paris.
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I hear poets complaining: 'We face what our forebears did not face. We face TV. We face radio. We face this and that.'
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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
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Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.
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I don't even want to touch on the topic of black quarterback, because I think this game is bigger than black, white or even green.
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I thought everybody could sing, because everybody in my family could.
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The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
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The efficiency, credibility, and liquidity of the financial markets have been foundational to the largest economy in the world.
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As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process.
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I want to be careful not to throw all this away. This is happiness. I think this is what happiness is. I haven't got it yet, but I can sense it out there. I feel I'm close to it. Some days, I'm so close I can almost smell it.
