Andrew Benintendi Quotes
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I don't speak Spanish. I understand enough of it, having spent some time running Telemundo, and I put in a lot of time in Spain during the Barcelona Olympics. But I don't pretend to speak Spanish, and I don't want anyone to think that I can.
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Acting is in your soul.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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I want to give kids that fall-off-the-bed-laughing feeling. Either that, or the sixth-grade feeling that life is hard - sometimes unbearably hard - and it is ultimately about death. But in the meantime, life can be really funny, too.
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Hits and flops are overrated.
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No secret that for some years - long before my time - Komen was dealing with a controversy regarding Planned Parenthood grants.
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I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
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I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.
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I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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In the film industry, you are fictitious, just like the characters you play. It has a lot do with a perception about you, and not necessarily you. You are successful because people like that image of you on screen.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.
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I created a fitness club with five friends. We have weekly check-ins and a reward system - and group penalties if one of us slacks off.
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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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I'd like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family's the most important thing to me right now.
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I come from a pretty humble family, and I try to be a humble guy.
