Daniel Mason Quotes
While medicine creates material for writing, perhaps even more important is that it also creates a psychological and emotional need to write.
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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My plan is just to love harder than I've ever loved before, hide nothing, and embrace that I'm an imperfect human being. Oh, and sadness - sadness is everything.
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I really enjoy doing films, but I also love television. I certainly would not be against doing some regular television work and being on a show that runs several years.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.
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I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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I realize that I'm not going to be everybody's cup of tea, and that's okay. I think that's the point of music.
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I know that 'boots on the ground' is a scary phrase and that the Western world has gotten used to sterile attacks.
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I was a baseball guy. Mom wouldn't let me play football when I was little because she was scared I'd get hurt. So, I finally convinced her to let me play in 7th grade.
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The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
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The place was part museum, part library, and part archive; I loved it at first sight...and smell, for here there were thousands of printed books, many very old indeed, and nothing smells quite as wonderful as old books.
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I rot on the wall, my ownDorian Gray.
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My father read 'The New York Times,' my mother did secretarial work, we had a dog, we had a garden, I had a brother.
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There's some of me in all my characters.
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Goals do not get stored in your voice message or email bin. They are not going to reach out from the world wide web and remind you they exist. As a result, our goals do not get the respect they deserve.
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I didn't learn about depression or anxiety at school. So when I had to go to my parents to say 'I need help, I need to go to therapy,' I felt like this weird, messed up kid. And I wasn't, but I felt that way.
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Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language is and how to best support each other, and also take care of yourself.
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I haven't found anything that I've wanted to say that I couldn't do through either the Internet or the reality shows that I've done.
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The natural way of ensuring that the past continues to live in the present and to inform the future is to write it down.
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I try to give the media as many confusing images as I can to retain my freedom. What's real is for my children and the people I live with.
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While medicine creates material for writing, perhaps even more important is that it also creates a psychological and emotional need to write.
