Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.
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I'm not the pedigree kid. I'm not classically trained. I didn't come from the fancy home, no.
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I played a character in 'Ransom' who was as evil as they come.
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My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all.
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I don't come from a family of slackers, but I do come from a family of doers.
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My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies.
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Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.
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There are some die-hard 'Chelsea Lately' fans, and that's where the majority of my fans come from. Chelsea is really helping make comedy audiences hipper and edgier.
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My painting does not come from the easel.
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I've always come into a show when the show was already up and running.
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Jam! I love my jam. I've just had a batch of it come through, I've been making it.
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The pictures I make come from every blink of my lashes.
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'FlashForward' was a dream come true. I had auditioned for David Goyer for 'Blade: Trinity' and didn't get the part, but I guess he became a fan.
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These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
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I come from Brazil, which is a Portuguese speaking part of the continent.
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If I told you about a land of love, friend, would you follow me and come?
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It’s worth living abroad to study up on genteel and delicate manners. The maid smiles continuously; she smiles like a duchess on a stage, while at the same time it is clear from her face that she is exhausted from overwork.
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I do like to have guns around. I don't like to carry them. But I like - if somebody is going to come into my house and I have not put out the welcome mat, I want to stop them.
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Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
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We live in a multi-cultural society far more open to international ideas. If you'd told me 20 years ago I'd drive through Bury and see someone sitting outside a cafe drinking a latte, I'd have laughed. In fact, I wouldn't have even known what a latte was.
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I suppose a good director is like a teacher. I think that someone like David Cronenberg was very much like a teacher, because there's an openness, but a certain set of rules of behavior, and a certain conduct expected. But there's an atmosphere that's relaxed and conducive to exploration, and that is created by someone like Cronenberg.
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Most of the money I make now comes from investments from CrunchFund. And the vast majority of that is what's called carried interest.
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We all pretend to be very strong, and then in a fraction, you can just break down, at least for me.
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Smiles are like that. They come and go.
