Steve Bisley Quotes
As an actor, the thing I want to do to an audience is always be ahead of them and always be surprising in the work without deviating from the writer's intention.
Quotes to Explore
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There's a big link between trains and film. One of the first filmed objects was a train. The clickety-clack of the projector and the clickety-clack of the train are similar. There is the idea of the voyage - every voyage is a story. I wonder if film would have been invented without the train.
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I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.
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I had an Indiana Jones fedora that I loved. I don't know what happened to it. I don't know where it went. Wish I had it back. Whoever's got it, you suck.
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Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a brand new day for the Illinois Republican Party.
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Being born Roman and Romanisti is a privilege.
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Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. In the summer, the streetlamps attracted swirling bugs. I loved those bugs: crickets, praying mantis, all kinds of beetles. I also have a vivid memory of dazzling sunlight coming out of the sky.
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Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.
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I am quite looking forward to working with Shah Rukh Khan.
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Nations are divided, but we citizens need not be.
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God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.
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I came from the Groundlings Theatre in L.A., and there, you're guaranteed to at least try something out in front of an audience. At 'SNL,' only the best stuff gets picked, and it's taught me a very defined language of comedy. You learn the structure of a joke, which is not something I was very good at beforehand.
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I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.
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Bordeaux would be naive not to recognize that Robert Parker was driving the brand equity. If the next generation doesn't care about Chateau Pichon-Lalande, then you have a problem.
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Nothing means more to me than racing for my country, the Queen, the Royal Family, and the people back home that support me.
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For me especially, I travel a lot, and with the weather change and everything, my skin gets dehydrated very fast.
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When people ask me exactly how much time I spend in each country, I always tell them I have no idea.
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I never have time to have a dinner. I have to eat while I'm memorizing lines. The only way to maintain energy is to eat all day long. I must eat all day long.
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There are Jews who came from 102 countries and speak 81 languages - how do you consolidate them into one nation? This is where I saw my role.
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Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.
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I don't consider myself as a glamour diva. If you get to know me, you will see that I am so dorky and weird.
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I think Jerusalem can be and should be the capital of two states.
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I think the purpose of test screenings is different for the studio and for the filmmaker. For the studio, I think they want to know whether the film works or not.
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As an actor, the thing I want to do to an audience is always be ahead of them and always be surprising in the work without deviating from the writer's intention.
