Candice Patton Quotes
It's nice getting to play a different version of yourself. You sign on for a show and think you're just going to play one character for however many years, so it's nice, for an actor, to have a little bit of fun.
Quotes to Explore
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Golf was never a religion to me.
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I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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I couldn't follow nobody's rules.
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I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.
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But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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I grew up in Deptford in south London, and at that time I used to wear toppers, loon pants and tonic suits from shops like Take 6 and Topman. I was a bit of a soul boy, but I had a very eclectic taste in music - I was into James Brown and Bowie; and I was the only kid in the neighbourhood who would also be listening to Chopin.
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I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
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I was always a writer – working on campaigns was never a profession for me. It was something I did on the side, really, so the trajectory hasn't been a political operative who likes to dabble in writing and finds himself into stumbling on film and TV – that was always my goal.
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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I doubt if there is any single individual within the scientific community who could cope with the full range of creationist arguments without the help of an army of consultants in special fields.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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I would draw a really sharp distinction between creating and producing. I think that they're very different things.
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It's nice getting to play a different version of yourself. You sign on for a show and think you're just going to play one character for however many years, so it's nice, for an actor, to have a little bit of fun.
