Samantha Bond Quotes
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
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This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.
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You have to tease your family. You tease the ones that you're closest to.
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I'm the one who often makes the 'Murder, She Wrote' reference, and ABC hates that, they don't want me to do that. And I say that having never actually watched 'Murder, She Wrote'. I think people have been trying to compare it to crime shows that are on right now, and all I can do is listen. I don't watch a lot of TV.
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I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over.
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I mean, like, I can go in a room and say, look, 'Watchmen' should be at least 15 minutes longer than 'Batman.' I mean, that's, like, any geek will tell you that.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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You have to be an optimist, right? You have to be critical, then you have to be an optimist. Or else you're really stupid.
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I try to find a reason to laugh each day. Somehow, if you can incorporate laughter into your day, every day, it really helps. It's the little things in life that make me happy.
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You're terrified that nothing will ever give you the fulfillment that dancing has given you.
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If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.
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The American public is a very specialized public. The reason it is taken as a realistic film is because inside the fable, I've put that kind of reality in. And it could easily be called, instead of Once Upon a Time in America, Once Upon a Time There Was a Certain Kind of Cinema. Because it was also an homage to cinema.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
