Vincent D'Onofrio Quotes
When you're acting, it should be the most important thing that's going on. But when you're not, leave it alone.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.
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If I really believe that visual representation and narrative are ways to convey important, complex ideas, and if the world is gravitating toward this form, then geez, I better do it myself. I want to do it myself.
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As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops.
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The most important thing is that it's much more fun to play in a band than to be in an audience in a club. That's the main thing I think, that you can do it.
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That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things.
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We are increasingly open to understanding how we are all connected and that if we sink the ship that we are all on, we all drown. However, we have simultaneously become so focused on our own life experiences that we think we are alone.
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The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey.
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The world is shifting from a hegemonic era, where the United States dominated alone, to a multipolar system.
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My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a component to my work that is definitely a bit different than that of most photographers.
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It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to bring up.
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I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.
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I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like.
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I love the idea of metamorphosing and changing, the legalized insanity of acting.
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When I was in college, my graduation thesis was called 'Female Directors.' I interviewed all of the important female directors from Mexico. There were four. That was it.
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Comedy has become, I think, a very important branch of public intellectualism. But it still ain't Washington.
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There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when he or she wants to get a part.
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If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
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I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.
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'Yes, Mr. Lee.' Superintendent Sugden did not wast time on explanations. 'What’s all this?'
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We're doing unusual records that sound big, have a pop feel, and we're getting better at it.
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When you're acting, it should be the most important thing that's going on. But when you're not, leave it alone.
