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 know that I'm a decent actor, but it's another thing to be in a scene with Jon Hamm and hold your own.
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I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods.
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I did telemarketing for years, starting at the age of 16, just selling steak knives to old people. Old people go through a weird amount of steak knives. I also sold straight meat over the telephone.
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My work is all about how we consume. To me it's important to know where things come from. Generally, our products today are so cheap, you know there's something wrong. Things are not made in a good way. I want to make things that are. I want to make the story behind products visible.
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Most people don't remember names, for the simple reason that they don't take the time and energy necessary to concentrate and repeat and fix names indelibly in their minds. They make excuses for themselves; they are too busy.
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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.
