C. Thomas Howell Quotes
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Let me clarify this very definitely. This is not an authoritarian organization.
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I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.
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My dad was more tensed than I was a day before the release. Having learned that 'Bruce Lee' has released to the highest openings in my career, he has settled down.
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My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.
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My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.
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I play tons of authority figures, whether it's the dad or the cop or the boss. I think it's a combination of how I look, who I am.
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In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.
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I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.
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As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.
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Look at this, scabs and cuts all over me, I get these every night, every game. They can't tell you that you're not at risk, and you can't tell me there's one guy in the N.B.A. who hasn't thought about it.
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Ninety-nine percent of the time, when it comes down to it, if I have the choice between a great role and seeing a new guy, I would probably go for the great role because I figure if the guy's really that great that he'll be around once I'm done with the movie.
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The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music.
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Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson would fall for market forces around him rather than artistic integrity doesn't know the guy or the body of his work.
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I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family.
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Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me.
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It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks myself.
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Center is a very tough position to play.
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I think my dad has helped me tremendously.
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My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I came to it late and only because I thought there'd be loads of women and drinking!
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You can be very honest without telling the truth, at least in art.
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At Oklahoma State, I get a letter from the Cowboys. I'm so excited. "Hey, watching your progress as a football player.” All this stuff, you know. I'm so proud, showing it to everybody. A guy named Jeff Edwards, who was from Midland, who came up there on a scholarship, but he had one leg shorter than the other, and it got to bothering him, so they made him a trainer. He got the same letter. So that burst my bubble.
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My dad's a very shrewd, clever guy.
