Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Quotes
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
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One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!
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Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.
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The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.
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What you do on a dinosaur expedition is you hike and look at the ground. You find bones sticking out of the dirt and, once you see something, you dig.
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If you are an Arabic-speaking, Greek-Orthodox going to a French school it makes you deeply sceptical if you have to listen to three different accounts of the Crusades - one from the Muslim side, one from the Greek side and one from the Catholic side.
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You're not sick you're just in love.
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Oh, did I tell you I have a cookbook? I have a cookbook deal.
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There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
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You have good days and bad days.
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The '90s was a decade of mundane market-consumer nothingness where there was nothing coming up from the streets; you just had someone in an office deciding what was cool.
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If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
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When I walked out on the mound, I felt enclosed. You see, I'd been used to playing on pastures, where when somebody hit a ball you had to stop it from rolling. Well, this field had fences around it.
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I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.
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I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'
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In my family, there was no celebration of ignorance. They'd come and see Chekhov or Shakespeare. I've got a sister who got a first in her degree. We don't sit around watching TV all the time.
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To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.
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I would welcome satirical references to political leaders as part of freedom of expression.
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I weave the company into what we laughingly call 'Jack's novel.' I write this novel for them about who they are and what's going on in their world. When I had 90 people in 'Porgy and Bess,' each had a story, history and family relationship.
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The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.
