Richard L. Evans Quotes
If we don't want temptation to follow us, we shouldn't act as if we are interested. No one ever fell over a precipice who never went near one.
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
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Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump's case, lies.
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I feel very German - and who can make himself a judge over what is German and what is not - in my ideas and the ideas of my spiritual brothers of German origin.
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Dinner is often a stew of beans or legumes, which are awesome for dieting; they give you that meaty satisfaction and both are excellent with whole grain rice or bread.
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
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It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
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It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later!
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I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.
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I really enjoy doing films, but I also love television. I certainly would not be against doing some regular television work and being on a show that runs several years.
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I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.
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Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted.
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At the end of the day, I'm not a bad person; I don't hurt anyone.
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I'm not going to give it the big 'I am' now that I'm a New York Times bestseller.
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If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.
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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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You're on your own with the book. And while you are writing fiction, you're spending all this time with people who don't actually exist, which is just madness.
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I like to spend as much time with my friends and family as possible.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
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There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it.
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A play should have barely been rescued from the mess it might just as easily have been.
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I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.
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If we don't want temptation to follow us, we shouldn't act as if we are interested. No one ever fell over a precipice who never went near one.
