Michael Rapaport Quotes
If my son was an actor I would tell him, "Don't let people know as much about you as I let people know about me." Because I think professionally, it's an easier road. That would be something I would tell a young actor. But it's cool.

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On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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I've been a Dolphin for 17 years, and I'll be a Dolphin for the rest of my life. That will never change.
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I'm rediscovering Scotland; I'm falling in love with it again.
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And now comes Pete Martell in Twin Peaks and he's just a nice guy.
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Inconvenience yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel.
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I am interested in agricultural corporations and how they function. The idea that they own the genetics of our food supply is a really compelling thing to me.
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People always say to me, 'It must have been wonderful coming from old Hollywood, with all those movie stars,' but I never knew anyone. I didn't even know who Charlie Chaplin was. My parents really kept me away from it all.
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What we need is a system of thought - you might even call it a religion - that can bind humans together. A system that would fit the Republic of Chad as well as the United States: a system that would supply our idealistic young people with something to believe in.
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
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Movies, I don't really get the bad guys. In theater, I get more bad guys. Both audiences and directors are more willing... to allow people to stretch. In movies, you do one thing, and then that's their reference.
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I try to eat fruit and be healthy.
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Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.
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'Kiss Me.' That's my 'Twilight' tune, a song you'd have on the 'Twilight' soundtrack.
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And I understand they are, in a sense, artists? That is to say, they understand the creative process, the sublimation of fact to symbol and the use of symbol to suggest emotion?
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Forget the infinities: Concentrate on detail.
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I guess I'm drawn to artists and literary people and want to learn about them.
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What interested me most about the Kennedys was the family situation. Somehow, they had created this family that lasted over time, they had a sense of connection to one another. Especially now, when people are spread all over the country and they don't see grandparents and parents, this family bonded together.
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The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell. And the funny thing is that you're a salesman, and you don't know that.
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The choices I make - they have to be creative.
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If my son was an actor I would tell him, "Don't let people know as much about you as I let people know about me." Because I think professionally, it's an easier road. That would be something I would tell a young actor. But it's cool.