Ian McDiarmid Quotes
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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I was never the mascot of the Georgia football team.
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Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone back to the theater, and it is more satisfying, really, because you get to give a continuous performance - no sequels.
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Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
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I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a 'big tent' party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans.
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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.
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Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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it's impossible to conquer all fear and loss by preparation. There are always sources of desolation that aren't taken into account because no one knows what they will be.
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But one of the hardest things for me to do was to access anger. I could do it on stage. But when I did it on film it was hard for me. That probably has to do with the intimacy of film. And my own personal issues with expressing anger. So I had to learn how to do that.
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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
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Nothing is a better icebreaker than a great joke.
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I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
