Michael J. Willett Quotes
I haven't seen that many gay movies, but I haven't loved a lot of the ones I've seen.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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I have loved Elliott Carter's music for many years.
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Raw fish suppers admittedly require a little planning, not least in the acquisition of the main ingredient.
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Eighty per cent of my output is 'Mallory clowns on the Western canon,' and I'm happy to be that person.
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It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
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I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.
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I'm so happy with 'Grease' and 'Xanadu,' particularly because of the music in both films.
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I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and the acting was just a small part. I didn't have pushy parents; it wasn't forced upon me. They just said, 'See if you like it. If you do, great; if you don't, don't worry about it.' I was really fortunate to have that guidance and supportive parents.
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The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had visions of liberal politics derived from social networks. They used innovative means to spread awareness and to network among activists.
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It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.
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Even though it's a shortened format of the game, Twenty20 allows people with different skills to play in a team and play their specific roles. Obviously there's not too much time to waste balls, but if you look at guys who play well in the top six, they have a fairly decent amount of good cricketing ability.
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People want to imagine I spend every night going to premieres and putting on frocks and getting into limos, and yet I do that maybe twice a year, if that.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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Very few people have the guts to come up to you and say, 'Hey, are you gay?'
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In the course of the reform, some new circumstances that we had not anticipated have appeared.
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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.
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When I was a kid I got busted for throwing a rock through a car window and egging a house on halloween.
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The people that I surround myself with now and my family, they are the key to my success.
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Rebels are the people who refuse the seen for the unseen.
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I haven't seen that many gay movies, but I haven't loved a lot of the ones I've seen.
