Mike Binder Quotes
I just kind of went from being a standup, one-man band, to then kind of breezing back and working with other people. And now I'm just trying to be a legitimate guy who pays the rent, you know.
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I didn't know I wanted to act until it was around 21. I had just come back to Los Angeles after two and half years of traveling and working as a dancer and singer and was looking for a new performing art to study. I started taking acting classes and fell in love.
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The stage and working in front of a camera are two completely different mediums. Each requires different techniques.
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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
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I loved being in a band.
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I know I'm not the consummate Bollywood heroine. But I'm working hard on it.
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I like to be left alone when I'm not working.
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I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures.
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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After you do this for a while, you get used to things not working the way you want them to. There's a job you want, and you don't get it. There's a movie you'd like to get made, and it doesn't get made. You become inured to it.
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Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.
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He who stops being better stops being good.
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I was always active, always running and working out. I was a wrestler and ran track and, out of interest, started boxing. It's always been a part of me.
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Pops played football for LSU. Ever since I can remember, I've been working with him running routes and stuff.
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I've taken great pride in not being fragile.
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The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated.
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Out of all the actors I have worked with, I love working with Larry Hagman the most. We were very close and it was just a wonderful time.
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Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.
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I always assumed that everyone knew no country would ever be awarded a World Cup without pricey gifts exchanging hands under the tables.
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When Hillel died, it was during one of the happiest times of my life. I was married and completely in love and had a baby on the way.
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Anyone in the world can relate to worries about clothing size.
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There is no coming to consciousness without pain.
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When I wrote 'Noughts and Crosses', I was halfway through it when I realised this was very like 'Romeo and Juliet'... as long as you make it your own, and put your own spin on it, I think it's brilliant to use other great work to find your own voice.
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I just kind of went from being a standup, one-man band, to then kind of breezing back and working with other people. And now I'm just trying to be a legitimate guy who pays the rent, you know.
