Mike Leigh Quotes
He's [Constable] a great painter as far as it goes, but I don't think he's remotely interesting. Not really. It's very pretty and it's very thorough, but it's not evocative, it's not dramatic, it doesn't do what Beethoven does - it doesn't shake you down to the roots of your soul, which Turner does. Constable is just very nice, basically. And moving on to personality, Constable was a very dull character.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center in these terrible camps.
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But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.
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Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.
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If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
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To open yourself up and open your heart, it's a scary thing in life, let alone a movie.
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In Japan, people don't really sing about sexual content.
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People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type as possible, but actors are a lot more versatile than you think!
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It's no secret that I wear a kippa.
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I decided a long time ago to be unfiltered and wholly myself in these areas of social media. I've been very happy with the results of this decision. I feel that I get lots of interaction and loyal support. So I'm grateful for my Twitter and Facebook followers every day.
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I was traveling a lot as a young actor, and while in a new city, I'd want to see the place, so I would just put on my trainers and go for a jog. And the more I did that, the more I found I was traveling longer and longer distances. I just fell into it.
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Countless hours of physical therapy - and the talents of the medical community - have brought me new movement in my right arm. It's fractional progress, and it took a long time, but my arm moves when I tell it to.
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While President Obama may not have ordered any surveillance of Trump or his advisors, the real question is whether he or Attorney General Loretta Lynch were aware of or approved of any surveillance of Trump and his staff during the campaign.
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Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.
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People go down bad paths and they make bad decisions, but it's always justified in their head.
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Whatever flames upon the night Man's own resinous heart has fed.
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When I like someone a lot, I get scared that I'll let them down. My fear of sucking is worst when I feel like someone thinks I'm good.
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If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.
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That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.
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He's [Constable] a great painter as far as it goes, but I don't think he's remotely interesting. Not really. It's very pretty and it's very thorough, but it's not evocative, it's not dramatic, it doesn't do what Beethoven does - it doesn't shake you down to the roots of your soul, which Turner does. Constable is just very nice, basically. And moving on to personality, Constable was a very dull character.
