Ian Smith Quotes
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Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad's hit songs, I have always been compared to him.
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Buildings are always better than drawings and models.
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My fiance likes drawing on napkins, which I save. I'm always scared I'll get caught taking a linen napkin from a restaurant!
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When you first hear Mozart's music, your first impression is that it's very alive, but if you peel away the layers, you can hear sorrow and sadness behind it, and that's what I try to be: multi-layered.
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I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.
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My perspective was always being on a number one show doesn't mean anything if I'm not still working consistently at 40 to 50 and 60 years old.
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I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that.
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When I'm not on a crazy schedule, I'll try to do yoga or the gym once or twice a week.
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If the world sees that we can defend our borders... then no one will try to come to Hungary illegally.
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Nice girls aren't always what they seem.
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I lived near Arthur's Seat when I lived in Edinburgh. It was the perfect playground as a child. I always have a wee run up there when I'm back.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
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I always paid attention to Lil Wayne - close attention. He's my idol. He's still my idol.
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It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre.
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Despite all the criticisms that have been leveled at the comics community, both in terms of fans and creators, I have always felt more comfortable and accepted in the comics community than I have in any other medium of publishing that I've had the pleasure of working in.
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I visualize things in my mind before I have to do them. It's like having a mental workshop.
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Your Highest Self is not just an idea that sounds lofty and spiritual. It is a way of being. It is the very first principle that you must come to understand and embrace as you move toward attracting to you that which you want and need for this parenthesis in eternity that you know as your life.
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My apartment is the equivalent of one room in my Toronto home. Now I understand why New Yorkers are on the streets at all hours. People don't want to stay inside for fear they'll go crazy.
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If you're not open, you're not transparent, you're still holding on to vaults of information, you're not going to build that trust.
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I always try to be reasonable and effective.
