Stephen Frears (Stephen Arthur Frears) Quotes
It never crossed my mind to make a film about Muhammad Ali or the Queen or any of them! They just come out of the blue.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.
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I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.
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A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.
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In my mind, I always think of myself as an underdog type.
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They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind.
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I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film.
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The question of likability is a bit of a puzzler for me. You know, I don't write people with likability in mind. It's more whether or not I find them compelling.
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My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the back of my mind, I always wanted to be a musician like my father.
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The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.
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Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
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I love to act. And oh-so-love telling stories through film as an actor. Even on my 'days off.'
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I didn't want to be an actress. I wasn't trying to be in film or an art gallery for me.
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I've led a very isolated existence since I was 6 years old. It's kind of been me and my mind.
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Back in my mind, I never, ever wanted to give up swimming; it was something that I would carry on with.
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I think Hillary Clinton could do whatever she puts her mind to. I really do. She's incredibly dedicated to public service, she is smart as a whip, and she's effective.
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In any film there's always a historical implication.
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A filmmaker chooses an actress keeping the best interest of the film in mind. If he doesn't cast you, it doesn't mean there's a personal agenda. Change is constant, and if you have agreed to be part of this industry, you will have to go with the change. The films and filmmakers, even the audience has changed.
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No one tells salesmen what they can and can't do.
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A lot of times, people say, 'You're so much like Loretta or Tammy Wynette.' But I feel kind of like one of the men. I'm like David Allan Coe. I've been to prison, man!
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I am a man, Jupiter, and each man must invent his own path.
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It is exactly the unattainability, which differentiates a dream from a goal: Goals are reachable, when you fight for them. Dreams are not. Athletes shouldn't dream, but set goals for themselves and fight for them.
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Worry is the stomach's worst poison.
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It never crossed my mind to make a film about Muhammad Ali or the Queen or any of them! They just come out of the blue.
