Paddy Considine Quotes
I have to believe there's redemption in the darkest of circumstances; otherwise it's too bleak for me.
Quotes to Explore
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
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I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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I remember people saying: 'You look funny, your hair is so black, you have a flat nose,' but I didn't think of it being racism, and I still don't. But there was a sense of difference, of being an outsider.
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I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'
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I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. It's much more difficult for me than stage acting just because of the pressure that's piled on you and you have to learn the entire performance by heart.
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It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action.
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A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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I'm into my grime, hip-hop, dance, and house music.
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I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.
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Microsoft does platform, not really infrastructure, and they do a little bit of Saas.
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A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the symphony end of things.
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I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we?
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Intellectually, I am already an old man. But in the sensory area, I am still such a child! I shuffle on my bottom between the two.
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The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying only one-tenth of what you know, and the other nine-tenths isn't visible and never mind if that part is pure styrofoam!
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I am careful about fiction. A novel is not a tract or an essay. If I want to write about land reforms, or Hindu-Muslim relations, or position of women, I can do it as it affects my characters as in 'A Suitable Boy.' I could only write about issues specifically through essays. But I'll do that only if I have something worthwhile to say.
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My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
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I'm a polyatheist - there are many gods I don't believe in.
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I have to believe there's redemption in the darkest of circumstances; otherwise it's too bleak for me.
