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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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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I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.
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I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor.
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I felt the beginning of a passion, hopeless in the long run, but very nourishing, for identifying myself with people who were not my own, and whose lives were governed by ideas alien to mine.
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The Westerns have probably affected me more than any one thing, Western-related material. I love Westerns.
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People behind the Iron curtain have such an incredible image of America and jazz. I expected to find a Gerry Mulligan or Miles Davis on every corner...I almost expected a Shorty Rogers to deliver the milk, a Bud Shank to be the mailman.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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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.
