Bert McCracken Quotes
When people hear our record, they're not going to be able to put us into the 'New Metal' category or the 'pop-punk' category or the 'aggressive emo' category. I think people will be able to take it for what it is.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.
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There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.
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For 'Regulate,' I was at home, and I came up with it. I was listening to Michael McDonald's 'I Keep Forgettin'.' It was a record that I always loved, from being a kid and my parents playing it when they had their company of friends over. It was a record that just stuck in my head, and it just felt good.
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My interests span biology, though sometimes I feel like an anachronism, somebody from the Victorian era when there weren't so many boundaries dividing the sciences.
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live their lives and get married, why should we interfere? A lot of people don't agree with me, but that's how I feel.
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.
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Seeing myself on the screen makes me cringe. I understand that I am that way - pouty.
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One thing I am sure of is that I won't judge a dance reality show.
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Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.
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I come from the stage, so I started in New York, lived there for eleven years.
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In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right.
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The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.
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I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is.
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It's funny: I like being surprised as a reader, so it's difficult for me to spoil my own stuff.
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I think it's important to do great work.
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We've been together since we've been teenagers. I can go away and disappear for two years, and when we get back together, it's like nothing ever has changed.
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When people hear our record, they're not going to be able to put us into the 'New Metal' category or the 'pop-punk' category or the 'aggressive emo' category. I think people will be able to take it for what it is.
