Campbell McGrath Quotes
What lasts, what endures, as Shakespeare knew, is this: the story of a life. No more, no less.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is four inches or more.
-
My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
-
Good design should be honest.
-
I ain't just collab-ing with anybody. Because I don't care about making friends. I got enough friends.
-
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
-
Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
-
You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, 'This is the first comedy show I've ever seen,' so you want to do well. If you do horribly at somebody's first time seeing live stand-up, well, you've not only tainted yourself, you've tainted a whole art form.
-
Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
-
I had a very modest upbringing.
-
I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?
-
Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
-
Would-be adoptive parents have to struggle for years through a bureaucratic obstacle course at an average cost of $30,000.
-
Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
-
The biggest test for any cricketer in England is the weather.
-
It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.
-
I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting.
-
It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
-
If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.
-
Around-the-clock support is crucial for children receiving palliative care. They and their families often need help every hour of every day, both in hospices and at home.
-
Very often when I go in to meet for movies or pilots, I'm put on videotape. I hate the notion that that tape is going to sit on a shelf and never get better.
-
I was glad I did, except when I was wandering around in my real life with this big red Afro. I looked like Ronald McDonald.
-
I think I'm the best fit for characters that have a lot going on inside.
-
I had written the script a few years earlier for Paramount, then later got hired with Sam [Fuller] to write an entirely new script that he was going to direct. And that was one of the great thrills of my professional life.
-
What lasts, what endures, as Shakespeare knew, is this: the story of a life. No more, no less.
