Alan Powell Quotes
If your dreams are bigger than your talent, work harder. If your talent is bigger than your dreams, dream bigger.
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Football shape is one thing, and then 'futbol' shape is a completely other thing. It's a whole other level of fitness that you have to work to maintain.
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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If you've followed my career at all, you will know that I perform best in comfortable surroundings. Though other leagues may seem more enticing to other players, it's something I'm just not interested in doing personally.
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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past.
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Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good for your daughter, because that is not their business, but what deep desires they can manipulate, stimulate and ostensibly satisfy in order to produce cold, hard cash.
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
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There are a lot of places that I know extremely well. Like, if I were to visit Sydney, Australia, I'd feel very comfortable there. I'm very comfortable in many, many cities.
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The thing that grounds you, and the thing that really gives you a sense of wholeness, is your family, friends and your community. Those are the things that can mirror back to you what you're experiencing, and can affirm to you that the stories you are telling are true.
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Make as much money as you can. It really does help. I don't know why it's terrible to say, but it's true.
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I'm very religious.
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If it's in people's interest to invest in renewables and invest in clean technologies, I'm convinced it will happen.
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When you appear on the screen, often enough you become sexy, even if you look like an elephant.
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I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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I know that the writers I read and admire all have an influence on my work, but trying to determine to what degree any particular piece of input changes the way I think about writing seems counterproductive.
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If your dreams are bigger than your talent, work harder. If your talent is bigger than your dreams, dream bigger.
