Hamish Linklater Quotes
When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
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There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.
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Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.
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It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I love all things Christmas.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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In general, I tend to laugh too much. I always try to tell myself not to, but I think that's just part of getting through the job. It's not rocket science. I want to have a good time!
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I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.
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Like the Britain of Beaverbrook and Kipling, Japan in the early twentieth century was a jingoistic nation, subduing weaker countries with the help of populist politicians and sensationalist journalism.
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In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains.
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There are a lot of new artists that I really dig and I think they really understand what R&B and Soul music is about.
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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
