R. Madhavan Quotes
I've realised that to make a successful film, you have to be with a unit which is happy and positive from the beginning.
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All of a sudden I'm an actor, and I spend a decade trying to fit in and realising that I didn't, really. Sometimes in the right circumstances, with the right people, it felt OK. But other times it was a bit more jobbing. I didn't fit the mould, somehow.
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.
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My childhood was great because my family has an amazing sense of humor, and it was just all making videos and jokes and doing skits and things.
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I was this kid who never sat down. Nobody liked me? Well, I'd make sure they'd like me. I was the class clown, always doing crazy stuff and causing riots.
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I try something new every night. It's an hour show; if it works I maybe try it a few more times and then move that off and try something new. It's a great workshop for me.
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I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them.
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So many Irish actors overplay that modesty because they're afraid people will judge them and say, 'The state of yer man, he thinks he's great,' or whatever.
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Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.
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My mum believes in me almost more than I believe in myself.
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Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.
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When you think about growing and being empowered yourself, it is what you've been able to do for other people that leaves you the fullest.
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I really believe that the virtual world mirrors the physical world.
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I think as long as you're being creative and finding your own work interesting, that's all that matters.
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I am not trying my best because it is the Olympics. I try my best always.
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As women, we have more of a tendency to be people-pleasers, and I know a lot of women who are not vocal about what makes them happy.
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I've realised that to make a successful film, you have to be with a unit which is happy and positive from the beginning.
