Timothy Bottoms Quotes
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When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and the melody and the harmonies and take them as they come.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.
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I remember when 'The Right Stuff' opened in Hollywood. I got dressed that morning and drove my car down to the theatre that it was playing on, thinking that there would be mobs of people outside. When I looked, there was nobody there.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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I think prom is just about enjoying yourself.
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You just keep moving forward and doing what you do and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does.
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The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me – from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I've collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood.
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I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.
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I sit at this really weird crossroads. My job requires me to take in calories. I take care of myself. I eat healthy. I exercise a lot. But then I have to go to events in cocktail dresses and look fancy, and people want to interview me about what I'm wearing, and then I'm compared to people who are wearing size 2 all the time.
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When you think about growing and being empowered yourself, it is what you've been able to do for other people that leaves you the fullest.
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Word of mouth is everything.
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It's a contract of connection to be in the same space and watch and listen to stories and be caught in them. When you're in a theater, your brain expands because somebody in the theater may do something or respond to something that you wouldn't have.
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When I hear people flatteringly say, 'You're an expert on East Asia...' I'm certainly an observer of East Asia, and central Asia, and ASEAN, and to a lesser extent South Asia and the Gulf, but there's always something behind the wall in China.
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Anything where we're the butt of the joke, no one tells us about it.
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A man who isn't generous with his money isn't generous with his love and affection.
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Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.
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There are all kinds of values within the films but I don't make message films.
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A lot of feature films do two pages a day.
