Gerard Way Quotes
I don't know if I could (do a TV show). I would if it had nothing to do with the comic. It would be really weird and maybe not feature any of The Umbrella Academy characters.
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It's important that people come see our show, because we are performers. We wanted people to see that.
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I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
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The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.
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Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
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I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist.
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Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.
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When I was a kid, I used to make up all these characters. I love comedy a lot, and I don't get to do it often. Somewhere in the middle, I shifted into doing drama.
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'24' is such an iconic show.
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'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.
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I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.
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I've always come into a show when the show was already up and running.
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If you look at somebody like Sam Bee, she got to create her own thing without any expectations that there was a show there. That was probably liberating for them.
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Myself and David, we both love art. We have a lot of respect for Damien Hirst and Julian Schnabel, and we've met them both, and they're very interesting characters. I also have a lot of respect for the working women out there. As you know, it's not easy when you're looking after children and you have a career as well.
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I didn't read comic books; that's not something that was really available to me as a child. We watched more cartoons and movies.
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The best characters in books are always the difficult ones, and why would you want to fall in love with someone difficult? The ones I'd fall in love with are the ones I'd definitely keep out of a book.
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Ru Paul knew details of the 'Burnett Show' that even surprised me.
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Biceps for show, triceps for go.
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If I have to write by a certain time, I can pull through, but usually I just let stuff happen, hanging out with comic friends - or bringing a basic idea on stage and seeing if it goes anywhere.
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Homer must have felt this pressure to come up with an epic poem that would sound totally new to an audience that had loved his previous best-seller.
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I've had an addiction for a long time to the whole business of maximizing one's potential, what I call human activation. The vehicle for actualizing oneself is choice, options, seeking out the proper choices.
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It's simple to get a concussion, you know. I don't know how many I've had over my career, you know, but I've definitely had my fair share.
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One of the greatest things about playing a villain is people wondering when he's going to make his comeback.
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I don't know if I could (do a TV show). I would if it had nothing to do with the comic. It would be really weird and maybe not feature any of The Umbrella Academy characters.
