Lord Byron Quotes
There's music in the sighing of a reed; There's music in the gushing of a rill; There's music in all things, if men had ears; The earth is but the music of the spheres.
Quotes to Explore
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I created 'The Guild' because nobody was offering me the roles I thought I could do best at in Hollywood.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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I don't call myself a very good Christian, but I think I know one when I see one, and I also think I know when I don't.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
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You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things.
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Cornwall has lots of folk and Celtic music and has that kind of surfer vibe as well. That was my kind of upbringing.
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Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.
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It's important for people to understand where things come or what they represent.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I thought of myself as an outsider in a lot of ways as I was growing up. Not in a bad way; more as an observer. I often find myself thinking as an observer of science fiction rather than as a participant.
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Don't monitor your online savings account in real time.
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We used to fight the LRA with only one dimensional force that only walks on foot, but now, we have got multiple forces to fight the rebels.
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In film, you can have sad endings.
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I guess my guilty pleasure would be listening to the British audio versions of the 'Harry Potter' books.
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God was dead. Let Him rest in peace. Now, finally, the earth was hers with no taint of Heaven.
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I love making the backstory for myself. I think it's important. Every part I play, I work on the backstory. If it's fully written out in the script, or there are intimations of it in the script, fine. If not, fine, no problem. I'll fill it in, or I'll create what it is.
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There's music in the sighing of a reed; There's music in the gushing of a rill; There's music in all things, if men had ears; The earth is but the music of the spheres.
