Patrick Wilson Quotes
I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
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I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age' rather than an age range.
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The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.
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I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.
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I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
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I think the three Mexican directors - Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro - gave all of us foreign, and particularly Latino, directors a big break.
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
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I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will.
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I've repeatedly voted for sanctions against Iran. And I think all options should be on the table to prevent them from having nuclear weapons.
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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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I think I've become more modest as the years have gone on.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.
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I was trying to be someone for the first part of high school. I was kind of this nerdy kid who didn't want to be a nerd anymore. Even talking about it, I'm embarrassed. I'm like, 'Ugh, why did you care what people thought?'
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I was so scared of the water when I was little. I used to grab onto Mum's hand to get out of the pool. I did not even want to shower.
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A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.
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I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative?
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Oftentimes, when you have a huge studio film and you have big names attached, they like to keep attaching big names.
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I know I could never be in a pop band. I honestly have an appalling voice.
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I've always been very aware of balance and, even before I had a child, my life always takes priority to my work.
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I can identify many different experiences that I've had over the course of my life and things that I've witnessed where it seemed that black men, specifically me or someone else may have got the, you know, different treatment than somebody else would in that same situation.
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I just found this world a hard place to be good in,’ says Bunny, then he closes his eyes and, with an expiration of breath, goes still.
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When the materials are all prepared and ready, the architects shall appear.
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I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
