Nelson Shanks (John Nelson Shanks) Quotes
Realism has to be such high quality, you can't fake it. It's all hanging out there like the laundry.
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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going.
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You've got to live in the moment. When it's over, it's over.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
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The Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going to tell me she is a dead lump?
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I never grew up seeing women that looked like me in magazines or on TV and didn't feel like I had a place in the world of fashion. I am honoured to be part of that change.
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People are at their happiest if they are true to themselves. I think that applies to their chosen profession, friends and relationships. It goes for your health too. If you are true to yourself, it seems to me everything should work out pretty well.
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That MySpace is the story of the year. Everyone but my mother is on it.
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Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
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My general taste is towards the melancholy.
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No matter how strong and dedicated a leader may be, he must find root and strength amongst the people. He alone cannot save a nation. He may guide, he may set the tone, he may dedicate himself and risk his life, but only the people may save themselves.
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I know two kinds of audience only – one coughing, and one not coughing.
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I switch off lights like a maniac. I drive at reasonable speeds so that I don't waste petrol.
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I grew up in communist Russia where we didn't have anything, so I'm not worried that I can't buy an extra pair of shoes.
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You have countries like India that have tried to help untouchables, with essentially affirmative-action programs, but it hasn't fundamentally changed the structure of their societies.
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I don't really care about being accepted now. I wish I had been like that earlier.
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The idea of audiences becoming part of the show is, I think, where theatre is going.
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I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.
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Books are savaged and careers destroyed by surly snots who write anonymous reviews and publishers can't be bothered to protest this institutionalized corruption.
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Realism has to be such high quality, you can't fake it. It's all hanging out there like the laundry.
