Christopher Bailey (Christopher Paul Bailey) Quotes
It's really important to be disruptive and do things that actually are kind of a little scary and bold.
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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Politics is a good thing!
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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When I come offstage, if I've done a bad show or had a bad night, the fact that everybody was standing at the end or three or four times during the show means nothing to me. I know I could have done a better show.
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We play a hip-hop song and suddenly 25 people on the left jump up and put their hands in the air; then you play Lost Cause and they're like, I don't know about this one.
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Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
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When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.
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There is no such thing as women's intuition. You all just have crap poker faces.
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It's sweet that I don't have to do my laundry.
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When I was younger, I got bullied for wearing my hijab.
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Once you're playing someone, you shouldn't be judging them in any way. That's what being an actor is - it's having empathy for people that are different from yourself. Once you've committed to that person, your responsibility is to tell that story.
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Finland is a rich country. What have they got? They got Nokia phones and plywood. How'd they get so rich? Because they're free.
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I was a theater geek, and I was a surly cheerleader, and that's really kind of a contradiction.
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I like silent pictures and I always have. They are often so much more beautiful than sound pictures are. Perhaps they had to be. At any rate I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way: one of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience.
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All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.
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I assumed that, if I put my head down and did great work, what I deserved would come to me. What you deserve will not come to you. It is only in advocating for yourself that you will receive what you deserve.
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
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I'm shocked to find out we still sell something people want.
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed.
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The ego is always looking to find something. The Spirit can see what's already there.
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It's really important to be disruptive and do things that actually are kind of a little scary and bold.
