Alexandre Pato Quotes
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You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them.
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Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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As for swimming, I'm now in the pool 5 days a week from 8 to 10 a.m. And I'm in the gym for an hour and a half, 4 days a week. Two days upper body, two days lower.
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I feel like a lot of directing is casting.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.
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'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
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I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.
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Partly because the town is just finicky, there are strange Catch 22 clauses in the consciousness of this community and one of them was that you, I found out, you can't do a comedy unless you've just done a comedy.
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I've lived a very nomadic life, which I enjoy.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
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Trump is a master obfuscator. Like an octopus escaping a predator, he releases a cloud of ink when called to the carpet on one of his many lies. His strategy? Obfuscate, then reference others. 'Millions agree,' 'everyone knows,' 'many have done it.'
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Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.
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In fiction, you know, there are no borders. You can go anywhere.
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What's hardest for me to swallow is when there is a love story, say, with a really high-profile male star and there's no reason I can't play the part. They say, 'Oh, we love Halle, we just don't want to go black with this part.'
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What I've discovered and try to integrate into my show is when you're up there, and you are loud and more visible, you're setting a tone for how people can behave and how they can feel comfortable behaving.
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I went through a lot of occupations. I was questioning my contribution to the world.
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It is challenging and hard not to accept all stereotypical roles that get thrown your way. For me, I've been really, really lucky because I have been able to play a lot of different parts.
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How many times can you play an action character, or a quirky romantic? Every actor has to find his own way to make each character unique.
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When children start to speak they find their own voice by imitating the sounds around them. It would follow that bands do the same. Bands will find their own voice at some point.
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I haven't written a word - except for some correspondence - since last September 8, when I finished my translation of Ibsen's Ghosts.
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