Olivia Colman Quotes
If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down to my taste. It is about people you have worked with before.
Quotes to Explore
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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Broadway is really my life.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
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I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.
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'What's My Line' 1971 was a magical experience as I was still in my teens, and it was my first appearance. You know how they say you never forget 'your first'!
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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A lot of people think I was an overnight success, but I was an opening act for three or four years, and then I signed my contract with EMI. Then it kind of blew up overnight.
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The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the world, at times when the nation wants to celebrate, mourn or just enjoy itself people turn to the BBC.
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You can't beat Freddie Mercury. He was a mad man in the best sense possible.
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After we shot the first 'Twilight,' we organized our own wrap party. We really didn't know what this was going to be. Something like that can come at you unexpectedly, and you just have to try your best to deal with it.
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If you talk about big trends at Disney, these movies generally are generated by directors or directorial teams pitching ideas to John Lasseter.
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If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down to my taste. It is about people you have worked with before.
