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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Beauty and seduction, I believe, is nature's tool for survival, because we will protect what we fall in love with.
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I love 'Love Actually.' 'Love Actually,' there's, like, nine stories in that movie. Three of them are good. But watching that movie, I get emotional, I get choked up, my wife makes fun of me. I don't know if as you get older you get sappier and sentimental.
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I know a lot of women who embody what it means to be a feminist but do not want to use that word. The misperceptions about what it's all about have gotten into their heads.
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There's no reason we shouldn't have 15 or 20 Johnny Rockets in Dubai.
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Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
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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.
