Mackenzie Crook Quotes
All the parts I get offered are character and comedy parts, and I probably wouldn't get them if I had a different face. So I'm glad I have a comedy face.
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People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.
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Today, our economy is about an economy of ideas.
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I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.
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I achieved what I want to achieve and I want to continue doing something else.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
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I look formidable.
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There's the argument that you can relate to someone who's completely unrelatable. In the way that a director shows you his imagination on a film, then I get to show you my imagination in a big dumb character.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
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The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see from experience that the forecasts even of the wise almost always turn out false.
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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.
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Fluid intelligence is not a Big Five personality trait: It's a measurement of one's ability to rapidly learn and apply a rule set. As an entrepreneur, you're rapidly dealing with different issues, and your ability to switch from one issue to another is very important.
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If you look at other countries, you see they have different values: defend more, pass the ball out more, winning is holy. In England, you could say that sport itself is holy. They say, 'Look, guys, it's about more than just winning.'
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I think leadership is something you earn, more through actions than words.
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When I had my first experiences of choral singing, the dissonance of those close harmonies was so exquisite that I would giggle or I would tear up, and I felt it in a physical way.
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To me, music is music, and it's not limited by the medium; it just encompasses everything.
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All the parts I get offered are character and comedy parts, and I probably wouldn't get them if I had a different face. So I'm glad I have a comedy face.
