Michael Shannon Quotes
Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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I have big hands. I can't do the touch-screen thing. I'm a button guy. I want to press buttons.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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I do not want to do a role which is similar to the previous one or the concept and the genre.
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If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
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I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.
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I need to have proper equipment when I work out, and the Nike Frees are light, comfortable, and great for training. I also usually bring a short-sleeve or long-sleeve compression shirt and a pair of shorts.
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Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than that.
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I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.
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From my side, there was no acceptance to this fact that I am any less than anyone around me. So there was a certain discomfort that I felt growing up that I am not seen as I want to be seen as.
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But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
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Life is a wildly transient thing with people coming into your life and dropping away. It definitely takes work to maintain relationships.
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Growing up, I was not told that there were women's areas of preoccupation or male ones.
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Hip-hop for me has always been hardcore and edgy.
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You have to be your biggest believer.
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Yeah, I know what the shrinks say: "Conflict and conflict resolution are the mainstays of human intimacy." That fatuous little axiom may be true, but it presupposes that human intimacy is a desirable thing. I have never been nearly as happy with somebody else in the room as I am when I’m by myself. It seems to me that loneliness is a small price to pay for peace and quiet.
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Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature; and in all cases of passion admit reason to govern.
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I didn't get a normal school life, and my sisters have told me so many fun stories about college, so I'm just so excited.
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Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions.
