Jeremy McKinnon Quotes
Let's get back to when everything seemed perfect. Not a worry in the world, so tell me was this all worth it?
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did.
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If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
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I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: 'not sexy,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn't a trace of my true self left.
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Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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I started out doing theater when I was really young, and I completely fell in love with it. I knew that this was what I wanted to do.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way being, who is stared at, pitied, suspected, and shunned by everybody that meets him.
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I'm very blessed with the perfect husband.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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I actually was a good student, but I never applied myself 'cause I was always like, 'I don't love doing this.' I wasn't passionate about school. I always got a B just to pass. But what's crazy is I got a 29 on my ACT test without even studying. So I was always, like, just smart - but never really cared.
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For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought.
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A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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I've passed on a lot of huge-money jobs. Money doesn't enter into the decision-making. If I do a big blockbuster, it's about how big an audience you'll get and where you can take them.
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Let's get back to when everything seemed perfect. Not a worry in the world, so tell me was this all worth it?
