Michael Emerson Quotes
There's always that sense of because we're so racially defined, if you're trying to cross the boundaries you don't fit into any particular space.
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.
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When I get down to Louisiana, I get to have a taste of some of that great food.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
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I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children.
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Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.
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Growing up in Seattle, I had the opportunity to take classes since I was 7 years old. I did theatre. I auditioned for film, television, commercials, and built up not just a resume but also some confidence. I learned how to master my craft before arriving in Los Angeles.
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I think we are realizing that we are going to have to have an international rule of law.
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My father was a military attache, so I've been traveling all my life.
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I gravitated to Judy Blume early on. 'Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing' was my favorite, with a realistic and relatable protagonist in Peter Hatcher. When I reached the fourth grade, I made the leap to science fiction and never looked back.
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Indeed, there is much in pure humanitarian culture, as opposed to rigid scientific training, which encourages absorption in the affairs of mankind, and more or less indifference to the unfathomed abysses of star-strown space that yawn interminably about this terrestrial grain of dust.
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Some days, I just love the physical space of the theater. I love theaters; they are heartbreakingly beautiful to me.
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You learn timing on the road. You learn structure and how to read an audience. You learn so much about the business of laughter that you can't learn on a set, because it's all on you. Sometimes you bomb, and you know not to tell that joke again... You just hope people find the humor in the awkwardness.
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There's always that sense of because we're so racially defined, if you're trying to cross the boundaries you don't fit into any particular space.
