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 got 220,000 votes from people who also voted for Donald Trump. I did not do that by pretending to be a conservative Democrat.
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I love cola.
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If there is going to be any meaningful sales, it's going to be through word of mouth and people recommending it to their book club and then a thousand more book clubs do it, and then you get into real sales numbers.
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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?'
