Ted Levine Quotes
Take life slowly and deliberately, making sure to acknowledge the people who have helped you succeed along the way.
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the real gap we have to close.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the 'dahling' thing got started?
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.
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One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.
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I so never went through a bad-girl period.
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I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmother had to go once a week to Manhattan to buy provisions - very primitive.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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Using a dog as a narrator has limitations and it has advantages. The limitations are that a dog cannot speak. A dog has no thumbs. A dog can't communicate his thoughts except with gestures.
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You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days.
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I'm a Virgo, and I know what I like.
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After traveling through fourteen foreign countries and appearing before all the royalty and nobility I have only one wish today. That is that when my eyes are closed in death that they will bury me back in that quiet little farm land where I was born.
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People come to Cannes just to advertise their films, not with a particular message. But the advantage is that if you go to the festival, you get so much press coverage in three days that it advertises the film for the rest of the year.
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I have been singing all my life, so it is pretty much second nature to me.
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Take life slowly and deliberately, making sure to acknowledge the people who have helped you succeed along the way.
