Samantha Barks Quotes
I would love to have a varied career, like Hugh Jackman. He started in musical theater, then established himself in film, but he still does a lot of stage work. And he does it all beautifully.
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Even as a kid, I read 'Jung – Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me.
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
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If I'm among my boys or people I've grown up with, I can be immature.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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When you're in your 20s, your 30s, even, you have - at least, I had - vast ambitions, and you sit around mooning about these things, and you're depressed, because you haven't done them. And it takes you a long time to come to the realization that if you can't be John Updike, well, then, you can't.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting was a great tool for that. And in the process of learning about my culture, I've learned how to connect myself again to my ancestors.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you want to live it. And you're not going to let nothing stop you.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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Just look at what is right in front of you. People don't do that. They see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see. They only hear the music and not the lyrics of human events.
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I have big hands. I can't do the touch-screen thing. I'm a button guy. I want to press buttons.
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The historian is a prophet looking backward.
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Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.
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While wedged in the middle of a transparent rubber ring at a Dubai water park, I couldn't help but notice that I appeared to have grown my own rubber ring around my midriff.
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All black everyday always
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The NBA's chosen ones think I'm setting a bad example? I think they need to look around and stop taking themselves so seriously.
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I have a wide range of influences - I mean, first of all, I am a big, big fan of old soul music. Then, there's people like Donny Hathaway, Elton John... a diverse array of music.
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But I'm glad I'm not one of those actresses who is just so ready to open up for everyone.
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I would love to have a varied career, like Hugh Jackman. He started in musical theater, then established himself in film, but he still does a lot of stage work. And he does it all beautifully.
