Richard Jenkins Quotes
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A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.
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That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood.
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I like a walking culture; I need to be in a city where you can walk everywhere.
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Sadly, half of marriages end in divorce. Half of my girl friends and male friends have been through one, and their kids are doing great. There's no shame around it - unless you want to project that on to yourself - but certainly there's no longer cultural shame. Everyone is walking through it.
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I got completely fed up with that Hollywood blockbuster mentality. I couldn't take it seriously any longer.
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I'm trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.
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When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.
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The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.
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Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.
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It's always weird when you see a movie, and there's no reason for someone to, like, jump on stage and be a singer, and then they just do that... But if it came organically, I would grab that mike and jump on stage for sure.
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I'm always up for going back to the stage.
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Some actors don't even read the stage directions at all.
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I remember driving the tractor on our farm, and Tim McGraw would be on the radio. I'd find myself walking out of class, singing his songs. And then Tim ended up playing my father in 'Friday Night Lights.' It was surreal.
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I've been on stage since I was eight.
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A lot of my childhood memories involve walking home in floods of tears. At that age, feeling unpopular is difficult to handle.
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I'm not Hollywood. I'm a Quarter Rat. I belong here.
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When you're walking into the stadium, you just say to yourself, 'the 100m is the same anywhere, the shot put is the same weight anywhere.'
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When I do outdoor scenes, I tend to find a quiet space where I can sit and carve a walking stick that can turn out to be interesting for me.
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-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting.
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Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many people killed in Lebanon, people starving all over the planet. So we have to count our lucky stars.
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A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.
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I'm really into short-story collections and essays; they're my jam.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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There's nothing like walking onto a Hollywood sound stage.
