Seth Gabel Quotes
The difference between film and TV, for me, is just that huge thing of knowing that there's a script that is not going to change and you can go really deep into that. With TV, you're just constantly on a high-wire, making sure you don't fall.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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I had a sketch called 'Fedora Basketball,' which was about basketball players having to wear hats; in addition to scoring points, they have to make sure their fedoras don't fall off.
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
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I am the biggest geek and fan of film and TV, and I just go through phases.
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency.
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Usually, the music inspires the lyrics. The lyrics just sort of fall off like a bunch of crumbs from the melody. That's all I want them to be - crumbs. I don't want to work any kind of fabricated message.
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Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator – he'd have me put on a jacket to see a film.
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I never considered myself a fall guy. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I'm not ashamed of it.
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My first film is coming out, and it's in 3D, and it's 'The Hobbit,' so it's a bit weird.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won't be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets to cushion the fall. So, I can curl up in a ball and cry, or I can get to work on the nets.
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When you're struggling to get a feature film off the ground, there's no big overarching tenure plan or anything like that.
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The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.
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The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may.
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If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.
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What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
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People don't want to do new things if they think they're going to be bad at them or people are going to laugh at them. You have to be willing to subject yourself to failure, to be bad, to fall on your head and do it again, and try stuff that you've never done in order to be the best you can be.
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Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant.
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It would be awesome to know how to sing and be some sort of performer; to feed off other's people's energy is intense. The feeling they must feel would be cool. Too bad I can't sing.
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It's really hard to maintain a one-on-one relationship if the other person is not going to allow me to be with other people.
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Every now and then you run across radiantly attractive people and you're delighted to find they adore you, till you realize that they adore just about everybody - and that's what's made them radiantly attractive.
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The difference between film and TV, for me, is just that huge thing of knowing that there's a script that is not going to change and you can go really deep into that. With TV, you're just constantly on a high-wire, making sure you don't fall.
