Lee Byung-hun Quotes
I had no idea what it took to be an actor. Then all of a sudden I found myself cast in a TV drama. The director was very harsh with me. One time, he told me this would be my first and last acting job. I seriously thought that acting was not the right career for me.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future.
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
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When you work in such a surreal environment as movies, just listening to some tunes or hanging out with friends is what you crave. Even time alone.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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Jesus made clear that the Kingdom of God is organic and not organizational. It grows like a seed and it works like leaven: secretly, invisibly, surprisingly, and irresistibly.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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I was very lucky: I started acting in this highly subsidized German theater world, so there was not so much job insecurity. We had great working conditions, long rehearsal times, well paid.
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When a town doesn't have a book store, it is like something is missing, and unfortunately, fewer and fewer have them.
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When you cross over on fandoms, people don't know what to do with themselves.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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I grew up in New York.
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I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt.
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If you can't laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that.
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The idea of taking classic American stories and reinterpreting them for a time and place is not just commercially viable. These stories also carry a sensual nature of what it meant to be an American, and they deserve to be reinterpreted.
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My sister could fall asleep at the drop of a hat. She would fall asleep on the train. Me, I never slept. Still. I have a hard time sleeping. But I used to admire her ability to wake up late.
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I had no idea what it took to be an actor. Then all of a sudden I found myself cast in a TV drama. The director was very harsh with me. One time, he told me this would be my first and last acting job. I seriously thought that acting was not the right career for me.
