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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The minister who keeps back hell from his people in his sermons is neither a faithful nor a charitable man.
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I never really mind what people say about me - I am far too unconventional and far too dedicated to being true to myself to let other people's disdain or nastiness upset me for long.
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In order to be artists we need to be in our studios, in our private rooms... in our private personal space... that sacred protected space, so we can make our work. That's the only work that's worth making, right? That's the place where we can be free enough and vulnerable enough to share what we have to share.
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You can pout about the way the world is as long as you want, but that's not going to change it. You've got to figure it out.
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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.
