Ray Fisher Quotes
I auditioned specifically for Cyborg, but at the time, they were using a code name for the character... I think it was Oscar.
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I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.
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The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.
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I think higher education is over-regulated.
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Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay more attention to the character that I'm going to play and what they do.
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My grandmother was always upbeat, a naturally happy person. I think I got that from her.
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I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others.
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I don't know what I'm qualified to do, film-wise... So it's really down to a director or a casting director to find something that they think I could do.
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I felt 'Gone with the Wind' would last five years, and it's lasted over 70 and into a new millennium. There is a special place in my heart for that film and Melanie. She was a remarkable character - a loving person - and because of that, she was a happy person. And Scarlett, of course, was not.
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You take what you know, and you put it through your own prism. If I play characters that break down or cry, it's Gary Oldman crying; it's not the character crying.
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I think I may not be able to retire.
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We try not to pull any punches and be straightforward, and I think that's what helped us connect with everybody across the board.
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I don't go to church any more, but I think that Catholicism is rather like the brand they use on cattle: I feel so formed in that Catholic mould that I don't think I could adopt any other form of spirituality. I still get feelings of consolation about churches.
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Some people care too much. I think it's called love.
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Comedy has become, I think, a very important branch of public intellectualism. But it still ain't Washington.
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I still don't know why, exactly, but I do think people can have a spiritual connection to landscape, and I certainly did in Iceland.
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The legacy of the Freddie Gray unrest? I think that remains to be determined.
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I don't think anyone could play me. It would have to be me.
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I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.
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Convinced that character is all and circumstances nothing, [the Puritan] sees in the poverty of those who fall by the way, not a misfortune to be pitied and relieved, but a moral failing to be condemned, and in riches, not an object of suspicion ... but the blessing which rewards the triumph of energy and will.
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Telluride has an incredible history and reputation, and I've long known of it as a unique entity that makes a place for writers - one more aspect of this exceptional film festival in the Colorado Alps.
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I believe in God. God created the world.
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I get a lot of inspiration from the audience feedback to our live shows.
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What is the function that a clergyman performs in the world? Answer: He gets his living by assuring idiots that he can save them from an imaginary hell.
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I auditioned specifically for Cyborg, but at the time, they were using a code name for the character... I think it was Oscar.
