Barry Humphries Quotes
There's to be a film about my life. I can give this as an exclusive now. Meryl Streep was offered the part but, no, I wanted Kate Winslet. Kylie Minogue is playing me in middle age. In old age, I'm not sure who's going to play me. I haven't got there yet. Perhaps Cate Blanchett. Or Jacki Weaver.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.
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We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, mystery is all around us, but the way we live our lives now, we're too busy to be bothered with it.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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'Peace through Strength' only works if you have and show strength.
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The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
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I've always been taught that hard work doesn't fail.
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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We only have a certain amount of energy for each day. If we use it for the wrong purpose, if we focus on the negative or dwell on whoever hurt us, then we're not going to have the energy we need for the right purposes.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.
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A system of education is not one thing, nor does it have a single definite object, nor is it a mere matter of schools. Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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I want to move to a world of no nuclear weapons but I want to do that through multilateral disarmament so that we all disarm together.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid's a hard worker, he's talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.
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I get photographers hiding in my bushes. We're way past autographs. We're into being stalked and followed.
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My life now could not be better.
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If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.
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There's to be a film about my life. I can give this as an exclusive now. Meryl Streep was offered the part but, no, I wanted Kate Winslet. Kylie Minogue is playing me in middle age. In old age, I'm not sure who's going to play me. I haven't got there yet. Perhaps Cate Blanchett. Or Jacki Weaver.
