Simon Callow Quotes
I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think many people consider in their heart that they have two places that are home.
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How long you live is less important than how healthy you are along the way.
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Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.
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There is simply too much of my life that is involved in my work that I couldn't replicate in any other way.
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Music is something I can't stop. Whether people are going to hear it or not, I'm still going to make music.
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I'm a Reuben kinda girl, but I'll take a BLT with avocado in a red hot minute if it comes on ciabatta.
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In a play, you dictate pace, you dictate rhythm, you dictate when people look at you, when people should be looking at something else. In film, the editor does that.
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It's been great having my little girl. It's like having a workout 24 hours a day. I don't need to go to the gym! I'm chasing after my daughter everywhere she goes.
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I used to imagine working as a White House staffer some day, so it was pretty amazing to be there... realizing another dream.
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Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than that.
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It's always uncomfortable for me when I take off my shirt. No one else is taking their shift off. Why is everyone else in these movies bundled up in layers of clothing and I'm taking my clothes off all the time?
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The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
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Each and every time I went in for IVF treatments, I knew there was a bipartisan group of Congresswomen praying for me, and I was honored that the same group was there at my baby shower.
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The writer works in a lonely way.
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My only thought about Margaret Thatcher is the same one I had about Ronald Reagan. I hated a lot of what they did, but once in a while a country just needs a change.
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The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way.
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Like Venice, Italy, New Orleans is a cultural treasure. And everyone who lived in the city should be allowed to come back. But that doesn't mean that they all should live in exactly the same spot that they lived before.
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What I like least about acting is that when you're only in one place, you're missing the other part of life.
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Every time I exercise, I do something different based on which areas need to get in motion.
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I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.
