Tom Shadyac Quotes
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Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
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The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
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I just throw on foundation and under-eye concealer, then dust bronzer on my cheeks so they look defined.
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The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.
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Wo viel Licht ist, ist starker Schatten.
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When I arrived, a hundred women were there auditioning... I raised my voice three registers, curled up in a chair, licked my hand and did ‘meow’s ,the director said, 'I didn’t tell her to do any of that stuff' – but the next day I got the part. Caesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, I was so lucky to work with all of them.
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To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion.
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I want to wake up next to what I went to bed with. I need a girl who can get dressed up to come with me to things, but also one who isn't afraid to get her fingernails dirty or chip her nail polish.
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There is a huge difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up. True success comes from failing repeatedly and as quickly as possible, before your cash or your willpower runs out.
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We left Germany when I was 11.
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Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies.
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I am the youngest of three boys, and I was super-informed by what the older ones were into.
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I haven't gone completely insane, but it might happen soon.
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The Doobie Brothers' 'What a Fool Believes' makes me want to move. And I still haven't gotten over the Macarena. Who has?
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I'm always looking to the next thing. There are always hurdles, whether it's the White House dinner or hosting charity events or that night's show: Until they're over, I worry, then I move right on to the next thing. It's hard for me to enjoy the moment. I'm just thinking about not failing.
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I definitely am a ritualistic person.
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Truly, my first love.
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Courage is holding on one minute longer than everyone else. Courage is stepping forward when every fiber of your being says step back. Courage is being willing to do the impossible because it is the right thing to do.
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31: Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Fiddling knobs, touching keys, having fun with a full grown man.
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I guess maybe someone at 'Dexter' saw the 'Mad Men' stuff and thought, 'He can do this.'
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Pessimists are second rate people. They do not believe in life. ... All they want to do is drag you down and appease their own feelings of mediocrity and fear.
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Simplicity. Simplicity. Simplicity. The three keys to a spiritual life.
