Stephen Lang Quotes
My philosophy is, 'Show up, shut up, and do your job,' and if you do it to the satisfaction of your director and the public, you're likely to be able to do it again.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I think it's much harder to have a long dialogue scene than an action scene. An action scene is long, but it's not really hard. It's kind of boring, really. It looks good at the end, but to shoot it, it's not the most exciting thing.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.
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When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.
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I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.
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There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.
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I want to get away from couture just being done for a picture or for a single moment on the red carpet. I want to try and convince women that couture can be worn in the day and that there's a reality and relevance there, because that's what Mr. Christian Dior wanted.
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Something that always fascinated me was the psychology and the psychology differences between men and women and how we relate to one another.
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The course of Nature is the art of God.
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I feel like it's my responsibility and my obligation to stand up and to say that which I believe to be the truth.
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Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.
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The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.
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I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old.
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There are things I'd wish weren't part of ageing. But what you gain is much more than you're giving up. I don't think you come into your own until you're 35 or so.
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The whole issue of how women's management styles are viewed is an incredibly interesting subject.
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Once you sign on the dotted line, in terms of a contract with a musical, it's a huge commitment. When you're younger, that's fine; you can take it on, and I still go out, and I still sing 15-20 songs - and I can do that - a night.
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Tiffany is very proud to have the last name and she's proud of her dad.
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Insecurity has been my lifelong thing.
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I was very comfortable having a steady job on a hit show, and who knew if 'The Jeffersons' would catch on?
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I was good. I probably could have gone to the NFL. I just hated practice.
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My philosophy is, 'Show up, shut up, and do your job,' and if you do it to the satisfaction of your director and the public, you're likely to be able to do it again.
