Karl Pilkington Quotes
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We were talking about how old quarterbacks can't throw before 10 am... Practice starts too early for us. Wake me up in the middle of the night and I can throw. I can throw anytime.
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The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater is the best place to grow as an actor.
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Love should be an inspiration, not an obligation.
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Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.
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I am always locked in my design studio.
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You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
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At school, I was a tomboy, and it would be me and all my guy friends.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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The function of the killer and watching him - whatever that says about the world in which we live - it was always more about that world than it was about the actual watching.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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I'd never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it's really fun for them.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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I'm on a search for the truth.
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My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.
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Theatre is more exciting in the sense that you can actually see the audience in the eye. You know there are no takes and retakes. You have one chance to do your job... and you better do it well!
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My style is constantly evolving. Style has been something that I think has been the hardest thing for me to come to terms with.
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There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a silence in the middle.
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Fame is part of me and my life as an actor. I enjoy the creative aspects of my life as an actor. I enjoy directing and acting as well. But the bottom line for me is not prestige and power. It's about having an exciting, creative life.
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All the praise I received couldn't substitute for the praise I had never received from my mother at home. I longed for some wonderful man to come and save me from my life - but there didn't seem to be any, at least not for me.
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It's not a joke: I really do like being at home.
