Malcolm Cowley Quotes
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You have to be un-comfortably comfortable in this business. There's always somebody else who wants what you have.
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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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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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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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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put them anywhere, and they are absolutely charming.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.
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My salary is converted to bitcoin, and taxes are taken out. You have to do all the tax computations in dollars because the IRS does not deal in bitcoins.
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No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.
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As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs.
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I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.
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Melrose is the finest remaining specimen of Gothic architecture in Scotland. Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate, and the two windows - the south and east oriels - are of a lightness and grace of execution really surprising.
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I don't wear cologne. I do occasionally, but anytime I take a shower, I just put on deodorant. That's basically what I smell like.
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Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
