Dallas Roberts Quotes
In the acting community in New York we call 'Law & Order' 'grad school,' because everyone eventually does a 'Law & Order.' My first one was in 1995, which was a year after I got out of school. Matthew Blanchard was the character's name.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.
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I think the American people deserve to have the issues debated, regardless of which side they're on, so that they are fully aware of what their representatives and senators are voting for and voting against.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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At Ozon, salaries are evaluated every year based on market benchmarks which are gender neutral.
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Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.
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I achieved what I want to achieve and I want to continue doing something else.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
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There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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If we work so hard and put all the money in the hospital to buy medicine - it will be a disaster. Why we should work? So without a healthy environment of this Earth, no matter how much money you make, no matter how wonderful you are, you have a bad disaster.
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
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I used to feel very lonely on the team. The boys would all pair up.
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I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do.
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My father loved 'Godard and Truffaut.' He was more artsy. My mom loved the 'Bourne' trilogy; she likes big blockbusters. She loved that I did 'I Am Legend.' My passion for acting came with my passion for movies.
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In my fantasies, I always wanted to play the ingenue, but in reality, in my bones, I am so used to playing the grandmother that I don't feel safe or even sure that I can do it.
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It's a lose-lose situation to get in a confrontation on the street. If you can break contact and get away, break contact and get away. That's what you should learn self-defense for.
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When you take on a project, you have to be certain that you can make the best version of whatever it is you're given.
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In the acting community in New York we call 'Law & Order' 'grad school,' because everyone eventually does a 'Law & Order.' My first one was in 1995, which was a year after I got out of school. Matthew Blanchard was the character's name.
