Mads Mikkelsen Quotes
I don't necessarily prefer playing villains. I know a lot of people say they are more fun, but if the scriptwriter has done their work well, you can find something realistic in a villain and find the mistakes in a hero - it's all down to the writing.
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Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.
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I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.
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Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.
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People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says 'Hi' during the day.
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Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
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I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.
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When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
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Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.
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I've never had anything done on my face. I've never had dermabrasion or peels or injections of any kind, nothing.
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Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.
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Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.
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I would like to do something to help people and help the world.
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The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.
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I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the next and let my subconscious work on unraveling any plot problems from another story.
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I think music docs could turn off some people.
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There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.
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More people know who I am, but I don't feel any different within myself - I think that's the main thing.
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It's always interesting researching characters and as I get older and the more that I work in this business, I do more and more of it because I realize how important it is.
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Tony Judt's remarkable 'The Memory Chalet' was written from the prison of mute immobility.
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Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.
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My mom and grandmother were actresses, and I knew I was going to do this since I was super young. I would put on shows at my grandparents' house and sing 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' in the living room. I was in drama club and chorus, and I knew every word to 'Grease.'
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I don't necessarily prefer playing villains. I know a lot of people say they are more fun, but if the scriptwriter has done their work well, you can find something realistic in a villain and find the mistakes in a hero - it's all down to the writing.
