Daniel Gillies Quotes
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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There's a lot of comedy in 'The Guest,' so it was a bit more fun in a sense - it wasn't so heavy like 'It Follows.'
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One Tweet can be heard 'round the world if the right people retweet it and the right people notice it on their feeds.
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A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell.
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I have a great office.
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To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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I truly believe diversity is beauty.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
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I miss my horse. He's in Los Angeles.
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I've always wanted to stay involved with young people. I never bought into the idea that entertainers owe nothing to their audience except a good performance.
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I don't respond to authority figures who abuse their authority.
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The two questions I always ask myself are 'What if' and 'Why not?
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Nobody would take me seriously. They would take one look at me and say, 'O.K., folk singer.' That was really hard for me, and I was angry a lot of the time. I did all these summer programs, and I never encountered another female playing jazz guitar. Ever.
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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If you play well, win, don't change too much. But when you don't play well, lose, you have to give the opportunity to the other players.
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Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
