Maggie Smith Quotes
I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.
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I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.
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I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people.
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If the Big Bang is true, that means everything that came out of it, all of the particles, all of us, there is a scientific force that connects it all that we don't really know about.
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I think millennials are a generation that's a little bit behind, maybe four or five years behind the previous generation, as far as when they buy a house.
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We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.
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Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.
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It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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I'm a collaborator. I know I don't know everything. I don't want to know everything.
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I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.
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I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.
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I've repeatedly voted for sanctions against Iran. And I think all options should be on the table to prevent them from having nuclear weapons.
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We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
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Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
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I have freckles; I don't like covering up too much. I like things dewy and natural, and I think that having moisture in your skin is really beautiful and youthful - sometimes that's more important than coverage.
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I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.
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Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.
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I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.
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What we want to do is reform the welfare system in the way that Tony Blair talked about 13 years ago but never achieved - a system that was created for the days after the Second World War. That prize is now I think achievable.
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In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
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I went to hockey camp at Michigan because my dad has some relatives in the Ann Arbor area. We went to visit them as kids, and you start to learn the language from being around people. At the same time, when I got to college, I thought my English was better than it really was. I learned a lot over my four years.
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I didn't plan on going into show business. Show business picked me. And it's been fun. One of the best things about being in show business is people think they know me, and they feel like they grew up with me.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
