J. Smith-Cameron Quotes
People think that, when you're doing comedy, nothing means anything, that people run around and act crazy. It's quite the opposite. The stakes are life-and-death.

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Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will reveal itself as your ally.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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I wouldn't say no to becoming a Bond girl. Making it in Hollywood has been my dream ever since I was little, watching Marilyn Monroe movies. To star in a Bond movie would be bliss on a stick.
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I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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What man is there, surrounded though he be with the love of wife and children, who does not retain a memory of the romantic affection of boys for each other? Having felt it, he could scarcely have forgotten it, and if he never felt it, he missed one of the most golden of the prizes of youth, unrecapturable in mature life.
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.
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Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.
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In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
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I love cats. I've had cats as pets.
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I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future.
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The U.S. has a proud history of cleaning up our air through technological innovation. We did it with leaded gas, acid rain and countless other pollutants, and we can do it with carbon pollution, too.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,' and at the same time I was rehearsing another play at Playwrights Horizons, and that kind of snowballed into a bunch of plays.
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During my teenage years as an Islamist recruiter, I moved to live in self-contained communities in the London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets.
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I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.
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It is inappropriate to discuss matters of business, pleasure or current events in the temple.
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Any time you've got big teams winning, you've got big stars.
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The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
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I never dreamt to be a princess in my life; I really dreamt to be an actress, but I dreamt of princesses on screen.
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Whenever the government says, 'It's time to move on,' that means there's something they don't want you to know about.
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Sure, nobody ever recognises me. I'm always scurrying around London under a hat and looking like a homeless person.
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People think that, when you're doing comedy, nothing means anything, that people run around and act crazy. It's quite the opposite. The stakes are life-and-death.