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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I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.
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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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Because there are almost no men in 'Monstress,' we're focused completely on women. It's removed from traditional structures.
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As a writer, you write the book, you give it to your editor, it's copy edited, it's published, it's thrown out there, and then there's a response.
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The history of cooking is my passion, and cooking is my passion.
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Over the years, I've heard a lot of people who don't feel that they have it in them to do anything creative. They shrug and claim that they 'have no talent.' They say things like, 'Don't quit your day job' or 'Leave it to the professionals.' In the steampunk subculture, I don't hear those things.
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Midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence.
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When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
