Noel Clarke Quotes
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Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself.
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I write music every day.
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What counts isn't the frame, it's what you put in it.
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What I always loved about theater is that that's an experience that a company of actors just sinks itself into for weeks, and you really get to work on the material, and by the time you're in front of an audience, you really own it.
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.
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I'm not in a position to go back into public service.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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I'm much more shy than most of my family.
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It's more relaxing after 10 years of thinking that we'd never get a record deal. And after doing as well as the first record did, we feel like we can make records whenever we want. That's the biggest change for us as a band.
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When you first have a baby your life doesn't change. I mean, you have a little less sleep and you drag these cuddly things around you and it's just amazing. But you still get to be you. Once they get to, like, five, six and school and it starts to get, like, 'Wow, they got real problems. They're my responsibility.' Oh my God. That is overwhelming.
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What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.
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Even the bold will fly when they see Death drawing in close enough to end their life.
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I'm just who I am. I don't try to change myself for other people.
