Lesley Manville Quotes
I have been devoted to my son, and there have been lots of jobs in the past that I haven't done because I didn't want to be away from him.
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In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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I wish I had the billions of dollars that George Soros has that he has used to fund Democratic causes in the past.
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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Truth be told, actually, my favorite director of the Movie Brats was not Scorsese. Loved him. But my favorite director of the Movie Brats was Brian de Palma. I actually met De Palma right after I'd done 'Reservoir Dogs,' and I was very beside myself.
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I've done stuff in the past and followed in the footsteps of my heroes, and each time, it felt a little bit surreal.
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I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars.
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I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to.
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Well, actually, I manage a couple of stock portfolios or funds or whatever you want to call 'em, and I think I've done relatively well with them.
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If we had a party every time someone died on 'The Following,' we'd never get anything done.
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I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.
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When I was working a lot, I felt guilty as a parent. I couldn't pick up my son every day from school, bake him cookies and that kind of thing.
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By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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I was the kid who was too geeky for the other kids.
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When you wait to the last minute, you rush to get things done, and the closer you get to the deadline, the less options you have.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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And if I would have taken lessons I probably wouldn't have done it, and what forced me to do all this weird stuff on the guitar was I couldn't afford effects pedals, I didn't have all this stuff when I was a kid so I just tried to squeeze all the weird noises I could out of the guitar, which brings me to building guitars.
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The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're always asked to do what you've already done.
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Sweet is the memory of past troubles.
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I try to deal with my serious reading before work.
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You know, I was at CBS News for 28 years. I may have run an unidentified source. Frankly, I don't remember.
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There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier.
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I have been devoted to my son, and there have been lots of jobs in the past that I haven't done because I didn't want to be away from him.
