Fionn Whitehead Quotes
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I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else.
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I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.
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I didn't think much about batting average when I was playing.
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I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
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The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
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As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.
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An actor is working steady if he's active four to six months a year.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.
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Thematically, in a lot of what I write, there's a sense of displacement, of being rooted in multiple places, and how that can tug at your identities and your wants and your goals.
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People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different.
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Being onstage is just a feeling that you cannot duplicate anywhere else because the energy that the audience is giving you forces you to give more energy. It's such an output and exchange of energy. You can't do that anywhere else.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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The mind must first reflect upon itself in order that it may frame a rule of Justice, and not be inclined to do to another what it would not have done to itself, nor refuse to another what it desires for itself. These two assuredly comprise the whole sphere of Justice.
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I never ever Google myself. That way madness lies.
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Listen, I'm a sweet guy. I'm just intense at work. I have nothing but the end result in mind. My entire career has been like that.
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Maternity leave and parental leave is absolutely vital for strengthening families. It's an issue for men and women.
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Real talent shines through regardless of how many others there are around you.
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It was extremely difficult to suppress my emotions, because my character in' A Girl at My Door' goes through so many infuriating situations. It was a lonely process having to portray someone that acts tough but is deeply hurting inside and is unable to express that.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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You make yourself do the physical aspects for a Christopher Nolan film!
