Mike Newell Quotes
I always wanted to work on films, and when I was starting in television in this country, in Great Britain, there really wasn't any film to be made.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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When you're bullied in high school, even if it's the smallest amount, or you're actually tortured, I feel like everybody carries that with them. They always think of that one person who treated them badly in high school.
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And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.
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I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do.
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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
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If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a pivotal point threw gasoline on the flames by comparing angry American citizens to Nazis.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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What you see is what you get.
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People, who accused me of practising a monopoly were wrong. The media fuelled rumours about my 'monopoly.' The first question I was always asked during interviews was about my supposed monopoly.
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Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.
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From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were anything but free.
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It's so fun to play a villain. I get to tap into a side of myself I thought I never had.
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I have a darker imagination than most people.
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Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements.
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The thing is I don't feel like my story is special. I don't feel like it's different to anybody else.
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It may sound amazing to people today, but Rodgers and Hammerstein were considered by - how can I put it? - the sort of opinion-making tastemakers and everything to be 'off the scale as sentimental.'
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The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.
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I always wanted to work on films, and when I was starting in television in this country, in Great Britain, there really wasn't any film to be made.
