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 role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan.
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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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I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.
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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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Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still.
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When I was in college, my whole goal was to write for the 'Village Voice,' and I think I was doing that by the time I was twenty-one or twenty, so everything else has kind of been gravy, you know?
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Here's how it is: I feel guilty about every single bite of food that goes into my mouth.
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To expect truth to come from thinking signifies that we mistake the need to think with the urge to know.
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I'm glad that's one of the things I chose to do as a man - to be a father to my child.
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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.
