David Robert Mitchell Quotes
When people would ask me what I was doing, I'd be like, 'It's a horror film.' 'What is it about?' 'You'll just have to see it.' I really didn't want to explain it because it's really tough to explain without it just sounding really ridiculous.
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman.
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Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work.
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When I give I give myself.
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No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.
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In order to survive, you have to be alone with yourself to regenerate the spirit.
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I don't cook - I can cook - but I'm not very good. I like being asked over for dinner, because she can't cook either. We would starve if it weren't for modern technology. I know how to work a microwave, but love home cooked meals.
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When I run - as you see from my record - I run to win.
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Only people unhappy in the present seek to know the future.
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When people would ask me what I was doing, I'd be like, 'It's a horror film.' 'What is it about?' 'You'll just have to see it.' I really didn't want to explain it because it's really tough to explain without it just sounding really ridiculous.
