Benn Northover Quotes
Acting's always felt like a kind of creature that lays dormant and collects observations when I'm not working. And then when I'm actually doing it, it just rises up. But everything I do is more about curiosity and investigation than it is about performance.
Quotes to Explore
-
There's nobody on this earth who can tell you that what you're feeling is wrong. They can tell you it's different to what they're feeling.
-
I converse with my dog through ESP.
-
The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality.
-
I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
-
I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened. I didn't want to be violated in that way.'
-
These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
-
If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
-
I was always telling everyone, I want to be a broadcaster. They'd say, What, are you crazy? What, you're going to be Arthur Godfrey?
-
A phoenix, Beirut seems to always pull itself out its ashes, reinvents itself, has been conquered numerous times in its 7,000-year history, yet it survives by both becoming whatever its conquerors wished it to be and retaining its idiosyncratic persona.
-
I have an extended family of close friends, guy and girls.
-
I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.
-
I believe in forgiveness.
-
I feel comfortable any position I play. It doesn't matter.
-
If I would have won that Olympic gold medal, I would have gotten a job somewhere coaching at a university, and I would be totally content with my life.
-
Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
-
I think escapism is something artists write about pretty frequently - it's something everyone can relate to, the concept of wanting something more, wanting to find solace, wanting to have something better.
-
I've been thinking about Jesus. Don't you find it a bit strange that, since He was living with His family and all, He up and left them just when they needed him most?
-
I don't know anyone who likes the American League games better. Maybe some fans do. But if you're not an actual DH, you probably prefer the National League.
-
What our generation has forgotten is that the system of private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not. It is only because the control of the means of production is divided among many people acting independently that nobody has complete power over us, that we as individuals can decide what to do with ourselves.
-
You know, when I eat three peas, I'm pregnant. When I visit a city, I'm buying a house.
-
My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
-
Acting's always felt like a kind of creature that lays dormant and collects observations when I'm not working. And then when I'm actually doing it, it just rises up. But everything I do is more about curiosity and investigation than it is about performance.
