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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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
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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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Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.
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I have consistently supported laws ensuring women are able to make their own health care decisions, and I will continue to protect women's access to contraceptives and reproductive health care.
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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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Us comics guys tend to get really good at the things we draw a lot. I'm good at creepy old forests, Victorian houses, underground goblin cities, and beautiful but creepy fairies.
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You make a movie with some people, you become friends over the process of making this movie and then... you go your own way.
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I'm one of those people for whom success is one thing, but significance is another. If I can have both, I'm living the dream.
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If you're honest with yourself, you're going to find out whether you truly love America, or whether your primary allegiance is to the Republican party.
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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.
