Michael Pitt Quotes
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I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all - that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open - has disappeared.
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I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.
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I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.
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I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.
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When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.
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We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.
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I did Broadway shows. And I started realizing that this is actually how I'm going to make my living. So maybe I should try to do television and film and make a better living and get an occasional residual check so I can pay a mortgage someday.
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I think when tattoos are new and colorful, they look bad. But they look better the older and more bleached out they become.
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I am so romantic about Gypsies. They're not allowed to do anything until they get married. So they all get married really young, at sixteen.
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I lost a girlfriend when I was in my 30s. She was 46. It all sounds so trite, but I put a Post-it on my dressing-room wall. It said, 'The past is history. The future is a mystery. This moment is a gift, which is why it's called the present.'
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I never know when I am being funny, and the other way too. I don't think you can think about that. I don't think you can try to be funny. Some people are just funny.
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The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
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People think of me as a mannequin, all show and no substance.
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People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.
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Dance fascinates me, and it is perhaps the most enriching audio-visual realm for a musician. Film-making also fascinates me.
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People don't want to be plagued by not knowing-they want answers.
