Stephen Dorff (Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr.) Quotes
I've always played different kinds of roles, and I probably played more vulnerable parts when I was really young.
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When you get to the point where you know the material so well and you know the character so well that you can just sort of play off of whoever your reader is - that's the best feeling at an audition.
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I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.
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I always focused on being an actor. I did stand-up briefly, but I also did a lot of dramatic work. But since I've been on 'The Daily Show,' people think I'm a comedian. That's not how I see myself.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn't exist on 'EastEnders.' The show saved me.
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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My first Broadway show wasn't until I was a freshman in high school. It was my first trip to New York. I came with a group of theatre kids, and we saw four shows. The very first one was 'Contact.'
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There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.
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I always say, as an actress, I get to portray the human condition, but as an activist, I get to change the human condition.
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At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.
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Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself.
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I've got this theory that human beings are innately religious; we have a belief system. It doesn't have to be a theist form, necessarily. But we need a belief system, some framework on which to hang our behavior.
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The U.N. did not create Israel. The Jewish state came into being because the tiny Jewish community in what was mandatory Palestine rebelled against foreign imperialist rule. We did not conquer a foreign land.
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I'm a country boy. I grew up kicking around the woods, riding dirt bikes, playing football, climbing rocks and all that good stuff, so that's always been fun.
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I certainly support civil unions.
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I've got nothing to complain about. I have to enjoy and be grateful. Lots of people would like to be in my shoes.
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It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.
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I taught myself to read when I was three by comparing the letters in my Mother Goose book with the rhymes I had memorised.
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I'm disappointed we lost but I'm more disappointed with the way we played.
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I'm always just drawn to those roles that present one way and have many other things going on underneath. It's just more fun to play as an actor.
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As a comedian, I don't know if they're laughing because it's funny or if they're laughing at me because I'm not funny. And I'm thinking, 'Who cares? They're laughing.' If you go on stage, and they're laughing at you full-on for 60 minutes? You know, whatever puts them in the seats.
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I've always played different kinds of roles, and I probably played more vulnerable parts when I was really young.
