Gary Ackerman Quotes
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs.
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At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.
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It's all about destiny. That's why people look at the zodiac or the I Ching - because there's a certain order to life, and that order has been lived since the beginning of time. No matter what you do, you're going to live inside of it.
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
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Just because you used one set on one guy and had success doesn't mean you can use that exact set, that exact timing, the next time.
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You can't just let nature run wild.
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Poland is much more advanced than Romania in structural reforms.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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I love to write.
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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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You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.
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My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
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So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do to be the last thing I do.
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The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you.
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My favorite thing is to have a big dinner with friends and talk about life.
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I'm just trying to have fun, and maybe the way I hold myself kind of freaks people out. I don't feel like an outsider, and I think my friends feel the same way I do. Now that we're playing to larger audiences, maybe we're weird to some people. But I'm trying to express what I am.
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Know - how is worthless unless guided by know - why and know - when.
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But doing what I do, you will never get unanimity of people.
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If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
