Richard Schiff Quotes
I was doing a play out in L.A. 20-some-odd years ago called 'Goose and Tomtom' by David Rabe, and somebody saw it and the next thing I know I'm doing the table read of the film version of 'Glengarry Glen Ross' with Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon - one of the great films of our generation.
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I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory.
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Very much alone in my work, I am almost jealous of it.
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You know, you can have someone who's the very best at something, but if there's not that kind of chemistry, collaborating is not going to amount to anything.
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After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.
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Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs.
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If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing.
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Once you break someone of the habit of up-talking, they can start to see immediate improvement in their careers.
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I love to perform at benefits and charity fundraisers.
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I mean, I've never really had much security, to be honest.
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I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.
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I'm a charming coward; I fight with words.
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I started out as a high school teacher in inner-city Chicago and realized quite quickly that my students weren't that motivated.
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I had the humble beginnings. I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.
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Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.
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I'm an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger. What works for me is working out when it's useful to use that anger.
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There are still artists that do a great job with a song, and they care about the lyrics, and it's not just mindless drivel.
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And I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered. But most of all, I learned that life is about sitting on benches next to ancient creeks with my hand on her knee and sometimes, on good days, for falling in love.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.
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I was doing a play out in L.A. 20-some-odd years ago called 'Goose and Tomtom' by David Rabe, and somebody saw it and the next thing I know I'm doing the table read of the film version of 'Glengarry Glen Ross' with Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon - one of the great films of our generation.
