Richard Thomas Quotes
I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.
Quotes to Explore
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I love my work but do not know how I write it.
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I don't miss acting at all.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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I'm not a one-issue person.
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I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.
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Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music.
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It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.
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I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.
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To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand.
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality.
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Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the past and address the problems of the present.
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Control of vibrato helps your musical expression.
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I know I'm good enough to contend in each and every major I play.
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I still have my bad days when I think I'm not getting everything I deserve. But those pass quickly once my Mother gets on the phone and says, 'listen, we used to eat rocks and walk 80 miles a day to school.
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We thought we'd name the magazine for the number of bridges within Edmonton's city limits. We thought this number was 18. Much later, we learned that the number is actually 21. But we didn't like the sound of that so much.
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We'd be nowhere without our looks.
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A dark unfathom'd tide Of interminable pride - A mystery, and a dream, Should my early life seem.
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There are two or three performances in your life that are absolutely on, where all the planets are lined up for you and you feel you're invincible.
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I like to invest as a performer in the director's vision and then bring a sense of reality to whatever I'm doing, whether it's comedy or whether it's drama, and trust that they're going to tell me if something's reading as funny or if it's reading as dramatic or reading in the right tone.
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I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features.
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I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.
