Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
In order to be wildly popular you had to make people believe that you were fun and interesting I just wasn't that much of a con artist.
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
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In all my characters, I try to find an iota of myself, and in Castle, I found a lot. He gets away with a lot, so that's fun.
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Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
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The democratic system is premised on trust in the masses' wisdom. We believe that the collective is wiser than its parts and that, at the end of the day, it shall make the right choices and take the right decisions.
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Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not.
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Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people.
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It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! A while back there was a rumor that I was going to do a film with Demi Moore about the takeover of Commodore computers!
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I knew I wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know what it was I wanted to say.
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I believe that eyes are very important motifs. That's something that can discern the peace and love.
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I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount.
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I don't believe in regime change, certainly not in the Middle East.
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I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.
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From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.
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I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself.
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I believe it is in the world's interest to develop environments that fully engage women and leverage their natural talents.
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Everything about the music industry takes away from you as an artist. They're always wondering what the next thing is: 'What do you have?' It's a very introverted process.
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If you like to read, sometimes it's interesting just to go and see what the reality is, of the word, of the seedy or not so seedy fiction writer, the drunk or sober poet... Sometimes you can go looking for illumination.
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I believe in capitalism. I need to make a profit, but I would like to do it with ethics, dignity, morals. It's my dream.
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It was very important to me to be with a woman who is better than me at some things. You want someone who brings new, interesting things into your life.
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I believe in our culture we need certain socially accepted places where we don’t answer the telephone, we don’t have to answer questions or agree with anyone on anything
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The work of making Nigeria great is not yet done, because I still believe that change is possible, this time through the ballot, and most importantly, because I still have the capacity and the passion to dream and work for a Nigeria that will be respected again in the comity of nations and that all Nigerians will be proud of.
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I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would have done. It made me feel very old, really, because it wasn't eccentric for its own sake, it was just very original.
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In order to be wildly popular you had to make people believe that you were fun and interesting I just wasn't that much of a con artist.
