Manu Bennett Quotes
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Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.
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Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.
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I have a lot of road rage. Mostly with the rickshaw and cab drivers trying to cut me; it's the traffic. Grrrr!
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I screen tested for 'The Tudors' in N.Y. That was my first experience of N.Y., being flown here to screen test with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. So I have very, very fond memories of New York – New York helped give me my first big break.
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Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
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The first two pictures I did, I played a young student in prep school. When I did Lifeguard, everyone was saying, You're so Southern California. It was a surprise to me.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.
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My dad was always interested in characters he didn't understand - he was such a great bad guy in movies. And that is really the thing that calls me to the material often: something I struggle to understand in human behaviour.
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The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.
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My philosophy is to be me.
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Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
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I like the effect drink has on me.
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To me, it's weird when people review improv at all.
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My camps are always ten weeks. That's what makes me comfortable.
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I think the paparazzi is a necessary evil... and if ya don't like it, and ya don't want to do this, go to Iowa and do some community theatre. It's all about self-promotion, and it's not always the fun part of it.
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I just do what's comfortable for me, whether it's getting fresh haircuts, or the clothes that I wear. It's simple; I'm just me. I don't really go out of my way. I do make sure my face is washed and moisturized, though.
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I love proving people wrong.
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I got it into my head that I was going to be starring in movies that I wrote, so that's what I did. I stopped acting in all things, and I wrote my first script, which was optioned a week after I finished it.
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If you make a hiring mistake, make the change quickly. Don’t ignore problems. Don’t assume it will get better.
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I guess I was just meant to be a secretary who doesn't take shorthand. I'm a lousy typist, too - 33 words a minute.
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To me, Darth Vader is the epitome of evil.
