Mark Shaw Quotes
But I went to 10 different schools, so I didn’t make many friends. I’ve always been a bit of a loner. My anger has always been in me, mainly being bitter that I didn’t get a better education.
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My dinner spot is usually in front of the TV. I'll grill a steak and whip up a salad and watch 'Hoarders'. I love it because a) I'm kind of voyeuristic, and b) every time I see an episode, I go to the one room where all my unpacked boxes wound up, and I throw out a box of stuff.
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
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You have plausible deniability, as they say in politics, as an author with movies. Because if the movie is terrible, you simply say they failed to catch the genius of the book.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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Before I go to bed, I brush my teeth and take off all my makeup. I like to use Neutrogena's makeup remover wipes.
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I would be happy if people just called me an actor.
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Man, 'Hill Street Blues' was on when I was 12, and I remember feeling I'd never seen anything like it. It was that far ahead of its time, with dark characters you loved. I remember Ed Marinaro, the football star.
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I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.
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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.
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And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.
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I like 'Glee' a lot. It's kind of like my guilty pleasure.
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My features are completely ethnic.
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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I never really had a job, because I've been cycling from such a young age: there was never really a time to have a job. My mum went into Starbucks once and asked if they had a job for me, and they offered me one - but I never took it up because I couldn't fit the job in with school and cycling.
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All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.
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I am confident of doing well because I am enjoying my sport again.
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AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about AIDS' being some kind of divine retribution is crap.
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Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. Just listen to people and react to what they are saying.
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It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.
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We are very near the final climactic events that end with the Second Coming of Christ.
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
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But I went to 10 different schools, so I didn’t make many friends. I’ve always been a bit of a loner. My anger has always been in me, mainly being bitter that I didn’t get a better education.
