Sam Rockwell Quotes
I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God.
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If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
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It would almost be sinful to say that I regretted doing 'Charlie's Angels' because it did so much for my career.
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Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
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It could get saturated or monotonous if I would do the same characters again and again. That is why, to save myself from that feeling, I take time out to choose roles that excite me.
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Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities.
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A revolution is not an event. It's a process. And it takes its time.
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A dollar saved is a quarter earned.
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Get your priorities straight. No one ever said on his death bed, 'Gee, if I'd only spent more time at the office.'
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Today we are familiar with the funereal abbreviation “RIP” (“Rest in Peace”). Ancient Romans had something comparable, a seven-letter abbreviation that spoke volumes: “I was not; I was; I am not; I care not.” The meaning is clear. There was no existence before birth. A person existed only after being born. After death there once more was no existence.
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I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God.
