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 have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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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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Inconvenience yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel.
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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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Forget the infinities: Concentrate on detail.
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If you can just actually let the character be for a bit, then you get the right sense.
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When I'm in a foreign city, I like to get to know it like a local.
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When I perform, I usually wear wigs because I love them.
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If we build the legal immigration system better, then they come here, and we'll have a whole lot less illegal immigration.
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Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.
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When I talk of hearing a poet's voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man.
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When I was 18, and when I entered my family business, I soon realised that it wasn't as easy as I thought. I had to deal with people of my father's generation. Building trust was key to doing business.
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And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write these plays.
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To add to our misery and despair, a bloated aristocracy has sent to China - the greatest and oldest despotism in the world - for a cheap working slave.
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I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my brain is a good one, and it's lasting me very well.
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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.
