Mike Figgis Quotes
Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.
Quotes to Explore
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I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.
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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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Sometimes they keep us in the dark, but it's TV, so sometimes they keep us in the dark because even they don't know yet. You know what I mean? So, it sort of develops as it goes along and according to various needs that arise.
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Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.
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Ignoring facts does not make them go away.
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I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events and pop culture. If Madonna punches Britney in the face today, I want to reference that on 'Wine Library TV' tomorrow. Monday's episode is always the best, because it's hot off the press.
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I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.
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I'm very fortunate. I have a wonderful family, lots of hobbies and athletic pursuits. I always wanted to have a very well-rounded life.
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American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don't know what to copy.
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Golf and dating don't mix.
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I get to sing and act and write and create and produce for a living and share art with people, and I feel like a piece of that is in honor of those who came before me.
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Do we want an Attorney General who will play politics with the law, play politics with the court and just play politics with international conventions designed to protect our troops? I do not want to play that kind of politics. I am going to vote against Alberto Gonzales.
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Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways deficient.
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The stars that have most glory have no rest.
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Hawaii is absolutely beautiful.
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You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses, and he wears a beret. He is French, people.
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I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.
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Even today when I rehearse, I give it everything that I've got. If I'm in a performance and the lights go out, I glow in the dark. When you're working before an audience, you have to make them feel like they can touch you. That's the dancer within, reaching out.
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If the television market collapses - and it will collapse - then, it seems, there is too much regulation, and that's not a good thing.
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Anna Held's birthdate and hometown are a dark mystery, thanks to her own mythmaking.
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Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.
