Alan Tudyk Quotes
When 'Firefly' was canceled, we had just a few other places to shop it to - to take it over... And all of them had reasons why they couldn't do it that time.
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I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
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My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
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I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I'm like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
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If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.
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For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.
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Walt Disney got away with portraying me in the light that they were portraying me in. I have always been a fighter, so... But I have no regrets, man. It's just like God brought me through the drugs, I know he'll bring me through this.
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I don't have a strong interest in history.
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There is an element of mystique to radio, and I often listen to cricket commentary on radio, especially when one is stuck in a traffic jam.
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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
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All artists get better with age. The more you draw, the better you're going to get.
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
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Time is liquid. One moment is no more important than any other and all moments quickly run away.
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When 'Firefly' was canceled, we had just a few other places to shop it to - to take it over... And all of them had reasons why they couldn't do it that time.
