David Blatt Quotes
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The world at large doesn't always make sense to me, and there are safe havens. Linda Manz in 'Out of the Blue' is one of them.
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I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket.
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There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.
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When I first started in Malaysia, having a Muslim Malay girl singing and holding a guitar was new to everyone. Even Muslims there had issues with it; they found it weird.
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
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There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'
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I just like music that I can relate to, something to listen to in my car.
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The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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The real bombs are my books, not me.
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On some level, I think we want our reading self to represent our best self.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings.
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I went to the premier of 'Stardust,' which starred Michelle Pfeiffer. I nearly died when I saw her on the red carpet – she's so beautiful.
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My father had no influence on my political beliefs, and to imply otherwise is wrong and irresponsible.
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For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.
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I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.
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The strong desire to include every vital component of life instead of excluding part of them for the sake of too narrow and dogmatic an approach has characterized my whole life.
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My grandmother has dementia, and my mother is looking after her as her primary caregiver. Seeing their relationship has had a profound impact, seeing how tough it is for both of them and seeing how the roles change and how my mother has gone from being a daughter to being the mother.
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Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships.
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I'm constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don't train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business.
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My mom was very much the product of a very paternalistic, deep-southern culture, but also a repressed feminist. Her way of being defiant was to raise us to be rebellious ourselves - basically, the opposite of who she had to be in her own life.
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The persistent appetite for human beings for community is what we should all be dedicated to.
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We just don't give in. If you can bend and not break, you always got a chance.
