David Severn (David Storr Unwin) Quotes
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I'm a bed monster.
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There's no wrong way to experience a film.
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I've tried to quit writing several times, but I enjoy it too much.
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A lot of big studio films, which are fun and great, tend to have a formula, and you've seen it before, and it's a new version of it.
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Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.
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The role of an actor is to make every character believable.
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I haven't done an international film for a long time.
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If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don't know you have it, you don't have it. If you don't have it but you think you have it, then you have it.
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When things look dark, void, and altogether hopeless to the colored youth of America..., when they need an inspiring thought that should urge them onward to the road of achievement despite forbidding obstacles, they will only need to read of and reflect upon the remarkable career of Jackie Robinson.
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In 1960, only sixteen million Americans did not trace their ancestors to Europe. Today, the number is eighty million. No nation has ever undergone so rapid and radical a transformation.
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Look, I play all these tough guys and thugs and strong, complex characters. In real life, I am a cringing, neurotic Jewish mess. Can't I for once play that on stage?
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The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story.
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Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a beautiful thing you can hand in, probably late, to your editor.
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People on the street comment on how handsome I am. You know, people stop and say how angular my face is.
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I don't think my dad really knew what to do with me, as a daughter. He treated me like a boy; my brother and I were treated the same. He didn't do kid stuff. There were no kid's menus; you weren't allowed to order off the kid's menu at dinner - we had to try something from the adult menu.
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Government should steer, not row.
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I now need to take a very aggressive approach to having a baby.
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We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgement on the past.
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I don't walk around big headed. I'm not a superstar.
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Miracles are of all sizes. And if you start believing in little miracles, you can work up to the bigger ones.
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One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak.
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I'll never have to write my memoirs now after reading this. She had six husbands, at least six lovers - why, my life is so dull compared to hers! I've had one husband, one daughter, one house and no lovers.
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My sons are precious to me and I have tried incredibly hard to strike the right balance between work and home life while being acutely aware that I haven't always got it right.
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If 50 million people say a stupid thing, it's still a stupid thing.
