Mike Duke (Michael Terry "Mike" Duke) Quotes
I usually get up between 5:30 and 6. The good news in Bentonville, Arkansas, is I can be in the office seven minutes later. I like to get in, work on e-mails and catch up.
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I just want my films to work. The hit or flop verdict really affects me. I seriously analyse what went wrong if a film turns out to be a dud!
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As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive.
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I've been busy and need to slow my little tail down and sit and meditate somewhere. I do my walking meditations every day, but just to sit still. Just to be in one place and just to be quiet.
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I've bought some Lanvin snake-print wedges, so maybe you'll see me pushing the pram in those and my hotpants!
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I'd have loved to have appeared in 'Absolutely Fabulous' - that's one of my favourite shows.
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
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Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
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After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.
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I don't want to become known as just a body.
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While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope.
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I am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society.
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Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.
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I eat fish, three times a week meat, and if not yogurt, something like this and it rarely continues.
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I'm proudest of the fact that I've been able to make a few movies in the studio system that are slightly unorthodox and personal. But it's never quite as easy as you dream that it could be.
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I love being around my mom and my dad.
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I think it is better when people with their own businesses and means of income join politics as there is some degree of honesty and integrity.
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When I first signed to RCA, I was sort of excited and shocked that it was happening. But over the next couple of years, it really started to feel like that game you play when you're a little kid - the one where you put your nose on a bat and then spin around and try to walk.
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I think there is room out there to show the grace and dignity of women like Laura Bush.
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None of us have much idea where we are. Perhaps all our lives are too concerned with where, and not enough with who.
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I've always loved watching the news on TV. As a kid, I loved watching Walter Cronkite, for some reason.
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I think it's just entertainment for people that are interested in the form. To sing along to and be psyched by.
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The high-grossing films are not all that interesting to me, I have to say. It's not stuff I would want to be in. Yes, you would want the big paycheck, but that's never really been my concern.
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My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.
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I usually get up between 5:30 and 6. The good news in Bentonville, Arkansas, is I can be in the office seven minutes later. I like to get in, work on e-mails and catch up.
