Mads Mikkelsen Quotes
I can be intense in a lot of ways, but not the way you see the guy in 'The Salvation.'
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The views of religious-Zionist rabbis are of course worthy of being heard, yet they represent a very defined and very narrow camp within the Israeli spectrum. This is not the way to shape the perception of future division and brigade commanders.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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Having an understanding of what's possible also makes me redouble my efforts to fight those who stand in the way of doing the things that my constituents and the country would want to get done.
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Because I'm a big guy, I was always playing the bad guy or whatever, but after I did 'The Blind Side,' where I played a father who's a really loving, likeable sort of person, a lot of those barriers were broken down. People saw me as something softer, not so much as a heavy anymore.
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I love making movies, but a movie becomes your entire life for, like, two to two and a half years. There's no way around it; if you're really going to be serious about a movie, it has to be your life.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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You don't dream about things that are impossible; that are out of your range.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
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My dad is a really funny guy, and we would make jokes about my leukemia. When my friends would come over, we would joke about it, too.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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Back in school, there was this guy who had a huge crush on me. One day, when he mustered the courage to propose to me on a Rose Day, my friends burst out laughing right in front of him. I'm sure we all have had such experiences, and I've had crushes in the past. Right now, all I can think about is my films and deliver my best.
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We're still missing about a dozen vaccines that will make a huge difference. For adults, we've got HIV and TB are still huge; for kids malaria is still killing a half million kids a year out of that 6 million. We probably need some vaccines, but we need a little more data to make sure we're getting the vaccines that will save the most lives.
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I slept in van Gogh's bed. I worked in the room where he painted. I saw the place where he was cared for when he cut off his ear. I lived in the jail cell where he stayed. And I looked out the window. You remember that picture of the cornfields through the bars? That was what I saw.
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Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.
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The mercury light doesn't show red. It makes the blood in your skin look blue-black. But see how splendidly it brings out the green in the plants.
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I can be intense in a lot of ways, but not the way you see the guy in 'The Salvation.'
