Malcolm McDowell Quotes
I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just one of those in a lifetime, you should get down on your knees and say 'Thank you!'
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I'm from a very close-knit family, and there was something very... I guess you could say normal, about it, and I so appreciate that. We all ate dinner together every single night, and my mom stayed at home with us. I owe a lot to my parents.
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An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.
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When I started acting, it was like a double identity crisis - your basic crisis, compounded by people saying, 'there goes Robards' kid, Bacall's kid.' Now I realize, sure, that gets your foot in the door, but once it's there, it's your foot. I'm not bothered anymore. I'm confident of my abilities.
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I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.
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In the Seventies, we still had dreams and hopes of Utopia, but by the end of the decade, the world had shifted to the right.
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New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.
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I'm like John Q. Public. I represent what every guy wants and needs.
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Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.
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I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.
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For me, it was really a childhood dream coming true. It's sort of where the fantasy led reality, and then I got to be on the Starship Enterprise anyway. And the cool thing was - is I was the only person on this bridge who had actually been in space.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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I'm not interested in closure. Some people just have heart attacks and die, right? There's no closure.
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When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.
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I've never wanted to do anything but be a newspaperman ever since I was 13.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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I'm very English. I'm white. I mean, I'm so pale. With spray tans they start peeling and start getting really dirty looking.
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Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.
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I only love when money makes a difference and not makes you different.
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The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right.
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I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be.
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I did actually like school. When I was 17, I was in college, but before that, I was home-schooled. I was very social. I liked to know everyone.
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I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just one of those in a lifetime, you should get down on your knees and say 'Thank you!'
