Bill Willingham Quotes
I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once?
Quotes to Explore
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The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children.
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They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
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However we can spread love and progression, we've got to do it.
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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We do have pictures on the wall, in our office in Belfast where we spend half our time. All the head shots are on the wall. So yeah, we just throw darts at the ones we don't want anymore.
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All the things that are in the past are in the past.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.
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I've always been torn between the pure and the social sciences.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to.
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As an actor, you always find your way. You have whatever preparation techniques you use, and you just go with the scene when you're on set. You can only plan so much when you're working, because things have to come naturally in the scene.
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In one sense, every character you create will be yourself. You've never murdered, but your murderer's rage will be drawn from memories of your own extreme anger. Your love scenes will contain hints of your own past kisses and sweet moments.
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While we can never truly repay the debt we owe our heroes, the least we should do for our brave veterans is to ensure that the government takes a proactive approach to delivering the services and benefits they have earned, so they can access the care they need and so richly deserve.
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There are a couple of projects that are sort of on the plate; I haven't closed any of them yet. I'm trying to figure out which one is going to be the best one for me.
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You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.
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I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once?
