William Devane Quotes
What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality.
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I wish somebody had given me the news that ideas don't just fall on your head like fairy dust. You have to treat that like a job. You have to spend hours each day, where you're just like, 'This is the part of the day when I'm looking for an idea.'
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
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I'm an honest, open father.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
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My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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When I think of the most beautiful women, they're not supermodels.
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It's nice, because after you've worked with various directors and producers enough times, they start to know your voice and what you're capable of.
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I'm a serious eater and a seriously hungry person, so I set out on that path to figure it out for myself, and of course it really resonated with other people.
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The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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My favourite job hands down - and I think I can speak for everyone involved - was 'Breaking Bad.'
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I am an artist who works with Lego.
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Even before ObamaCare, the government took care of the bottom 5 or 10 percent of the public who were on Medicaid.
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Sometimes my schedule doesn't allow time to go to the hotel after I get off the plane, so I bring my Freebird boots or my old school Adidas shell-toes to throw on after I land.
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I'd studied English literature at university, but I was also far more enamored with Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, and James Joyce. That was my passion.
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Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That's my plan.
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That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.
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The highest compliment I could ever receive about my kids - and I can say that this does happen frequently - is when the in-flight crew say to me, 'Your children are wonderful. They are so well-behaved.' Every time I am told that, I could weep.
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What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality.
