Albert Hammond, Jr. Quotes
My idea was you can't dress for the stage, you have to dress all the time like you're onstage. And so I would just always wear suits or some form of it. I wanted people to know I played music. That was kind of how you would find other people: you would just walk around looking a certain way and end up meeting someone who liked the way you look.
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
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The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.
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I like Disney Channel a lot, and I also like to watch 'Full House.'
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I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.
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A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
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If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore.
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The events in the square, of course, made a deep impression on me and many other parents.
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My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.
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People want you to fail.
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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What I think I'm perceived as in France is, like, I'm this leading man always doing strange movies because most of the movies I did, like 'Irreversible' or 'Brotherhood of the Wolf' and a bunch of others, and even in France, they always come out as a particular movie, not like the typical French kind of movies that people know most of the time.
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Once a conflict has dragged on for a decade, most people are tired of war - and the troubles that flow from it.
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I think any actor should be aware of where they're starting to stretch into what's not truthful.
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At primary school, it was always me and this other girl, Lauren, who would fight over who was the fastest every year. I was quicker, but for some reason, she always got the glory leg in the relay team. That used to annoy me.
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For me, it's really day to day. I don't really plan ahead and I like to be excited about what I'm wearing. Being on the road all the time, it's various articles of clothing that keep me inspired and feeling good. A fun or beautiful thing to wear can change your day. I think spontaneity and not adhering to any narrow styles keep me happy.
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Before you get to 'SNL,' you have your own sensibility. And when you get to 'SNL,' it's the show's sensibility.
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A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.
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Every day I wake up and I really try to pinch myself to take advantage of today and to use that freedom of gesture to do what I really like to do.
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Comfort and solace come about differently for different people.
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When you're doing well and you're successful, part of being successful is that you get interviewed. But it ruins the moment.
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My idea was you can't dress for the stage, you have to dress all the time like you're onstage. And so I would just always wear suits or some form of it. I wanted people to know I played music. That was kind of how you would find other people: you would just walk around looking a certain way and end up meeting someone who liked the way you look.
