Cass McCombs Quotes
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
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The thing that can get kind of annoying is, when you travel so much, how hectic it gets. I was being interviewed once - it was a phone interview - and they said, 'Where are you right now?' and I didn't know where I was.
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It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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Most of us were probably less than immaculately honest as teenagers; it's practically encoded into adolescence that you savor your secrets, dress in disguise, carve out some space for experiments and accidents and all the combustible lab work of becoming who you are.
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I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.
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I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
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Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows, and they control the scripts.
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I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'
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If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.
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He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
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I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.
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The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.
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I started feeling secure in every way once I began to accept myself the way I was. Whether that was emotional, financial or professional security, all of it came and embraced me because I embraced myself.
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Blogs are easy to start, but unless the author is famous, it takes years to build a following.
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David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.
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Frankenstein's actually interesting; he's kind of like a zombie.
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You see the Paper Bois - easy. Personas are easy to touch and see and digest. But you don't get the chance to really see who the Alfreds are. I want to make sure I did that with him.
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Because the managerial élites are now so large and have such a dominant effect on our educational system, we are actually teaching most people to manage, not to think. Not only do we not reward thought, we punish it as unprofessional.
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I figured out that my passion is not really for music. My passion is actually for people. So the exploration into different musics of different times has to do with trying to figure out who these people are, what this music represents and what context do we want to give it and what does it mean to us right now.
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I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco.
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This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together.
