Malcolm McDowell Quotes
I just take it as it comes, and if I'm not offered something, there's always a reason, and usually it's a pretty good one. I'm not worried about it. You know, I've had an incredible career, and I'm blessed.
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice.
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I miss submitting people; I have a lot of confidence in my jiu-jitsu.
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London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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For me, what I really want to come out of it is to show people that I can hold together a movie, be the number one character and play someone who is twenty or twenty-one.
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I had great stats in my career, you know, but really, you want to win.
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The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
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Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.
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If an umpire misses a called third strike and the other side ends up scoring because of it, I'm not going to forget it. If there are runners on second and third and two out, and if the umpire has just given the hitter an extra strike and the next pitch goes into the hole and both runs score, I've got to say something to the guy.
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I always make a decision, even if it's the wrong one. I hate being confused.
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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When the game starts, you don't really look at uniforms.
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I try so hard to be true to myself. I hope I can help other girls realize that they don't have to do things just because everyone else is doing them.
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The real impulse of most books is to tell a story to keep the reader lashed to the page. I don't get why that's a proper use of an adult's time.
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I hate to tell you this, folks, but you're missing a wonderful television show tonight...
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You must learn to see what you are looking at.
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I just take it as it comes, and if I'm not offered something, there's always a reason, and usually it's a pretty good one. I'm not worried about it. You know, I've had an incredible career, and I'm blessed.
