Sam Heughan Quotes
I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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Only amazing designers think of the truly new.
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Actors, after all, dream.
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I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
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Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.
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I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
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Taleggio is the perfect cheese to melt over a warm dish.
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You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting.
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It's very confusing when fame comes early on in your career. You get a little bit bent out of shape in terms of what's important. Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.
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I think I matured quite early, but what that does mean is I have moments of complete immaturity. When I come home, I don't want to be an actor. I just want to be a kid. I barely even know what money is.
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It's pretty hard to stand in the queue auditioning to play a gynaecologist on 'Holby City' when you've just played Mandela. You think, 'Actually, I want to challenge myself.'
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I appreciate film actors who respect the film making process.
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For many, many people, getting married is one of the most important things they will ever do in the pursuit of happiness.
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I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.
