Ali Fazal Quotes
People think that theatre helps, but in my case, it slowed me down. I had to unlearn everything when I went on to a film set.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I appreciate cooperation with Turkey on many issues. We are grateful for the support we receive for E.U. and NATO integration for Montenegro.
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I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.
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Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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I always do my interviews face to face.
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Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
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The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process, and the pace at which the free press polices itself depends on how journalists are targeted.
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Love is also a very violent thing. Totally violent. Suddenly, you are, like, at this party your friends invite you to, and you meet this person, and your life is turned upside down, and the next day you can't stop thinking about them. That's violent. Hopefully, it's for the better, but it's a violent thing.
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I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
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I was writing a lot even as a kid.
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For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
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And now I have a big house, nice clothes and I travel in first class and I love it, so maybe it's time to enjoy being a star.
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I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.
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I tell people you should write what you love to read because that's where your passion is.
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For the sake of sanity, the brain and the eyes keep things simple. But take away the sense of sight and suddenly things are not so simple.
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For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known actor would get in the way of the suspension of disbelief.
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My parents are Dominican. I would always go to the Dominican Republic, and I fell in love with Bachata, which comes from the Dominican Republic.
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People think that theatre helps, but in my case, it slowed me down. I had to unlearn everything when I went on to a film set.
