Vincent D'Onofrio Quotes
When I played Robert Howard in 'The Whole Wide World', I was struggling with it. There's this dual thing where you feel real good about being able to play this juicy part, and then there's constant shame: 'Who am I to pretend to know who this guy was? Who am I to represent this guy for people who never knew him?'
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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Broadway is really my life.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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Shooting is very challenging because 10 metre air rifle you have different rules, short gun you have different rules.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
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If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
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I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
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There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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I realized, then, that I had stood without intending to. Flight reaction, I said to myself. Instinctive. Upon experiencing close adversaries. The lizard part of the brain.
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At 18, I got a publishing deal, so I was like, 'I can do this for real and not go to college.' When I was a teenager, my parents dragged me to a lot of songwriting conventions.
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I'm on the advisory board of Alex's Lemonade Stand, which is a children's cancer charity. I'm so proud to be on that and help them.
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The only thing about kissing anyone on screen is that forced intimacy is never pleasant. If you don't want to be kissing someone, it's hard to get over that barrier, and so there's a reluctance to be that close to someone.
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Do you know how big of an insult that is to me - to say that I had to be brave to confront some ignorant white folks?
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When I played Robert Howard in 'The Whole Wide World', I was struggling with it. There's this dual thing where you feel real good about being able to play this juicy part, and then there's constant shame: 'Who am I to pretend to know who this guy was? Who am I to represent this guy for people who never knew him?'
