Humphrey Bogart Quotes
An actor needs something to stabilize his personality, something to nail down what he really is, not what he is currently pretending to be.
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Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind.
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When I went to lobby Nelson Mandela while the post-apartheid constitution was being drafted, I asked him to endorse making it illegal to discriminate on grounds of sexuality. I'd been warned that he might giggle if I mentioned homosexuality.
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I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards.
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The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power.
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I can do a good John Wayne.
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Religion isn't always pretty. Especially viewed from the outside, by an unbeliever.
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'DONALDSON: But on Friday, you were very pessimistic. You said, 'No good,' when someone asked you how things were going.' No, I'm saying even now, if I have to summarize the situation - in one word it's good, in two words, not good.
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It felt like a series of coincidences and luck that I ended up getting the part in 'Trainspotting,' but it's been an incredible journey since then. Every now and then, I sit and really think about it, and it blows my mind. I have to stop because I don't want my brain to implode.
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You have to just do music, and you're becoming this entertainer, and so many people require so much of your time for different things, different obligations you have to make money, or just different obligations you have as a person in whatever the situation may be.
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I don't know if I'd ever want to show my college life in the films I make. I think I've passed that stage long ago.
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I have made decisions based from purely an actor's point of view.
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That's one of the things I love about being a songwriter first, last and always, because whether I do it or not, if someone does a great job on it, my work is done.
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If someone thinks I'm a dickhead, fine, listen to someone else's record, then. We're not a totalitarian regime; no one's forced to listen to Coldplay. It's actually quite a compliment if you're something that people can stand against.
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You make me feel like a natural man
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Most parents don’t know really their children.
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One feels so despairing on some levels about what's going on in our culture, in regards to things like gender inequality. But there is progress. There is enhanced empathy and respect for others, we are fighting the tide, even though it seems like a tug of war sometimes.
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Sometimes, I even recite the role to the actor if it's not clear. And I beg them not to imitate me, because I'm not a good actor.
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I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.
