Damian Lewis Quotes
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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It's always fun teasing the person. When they ask if I'm gay, I say, 'Oh, I don't know.'
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
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When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.
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New Yorkers - the people are so honest. If you're sucking on stage, they'll let you know.
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All four majors are definitely a priority.
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When I started out, there was so much work that I couldn't think of doing anything else. I would go for recordings by 8.30 A.M., that, too, in trains. I used to come home at night. I was travelling alone everywhere.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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Albert Grossman called my office and spoke with my partner Richard Leacock and asked if we'd be interested in making a film with his client, Bob Dylan.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
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I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
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Cities around the United States do not have land use planning like we have in Oregon, and they are all struggling with issues like affordable housing.
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.
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In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.
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If you only do issue-based drama, you can become a boring wanker.
