Andrew Keenan-Bolger Quotes
I tried to live my life really openly and transparently right from the get-go. I think that probably resonated with people.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.
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Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.
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We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.
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Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.
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When I exercise, I need to connect to myself and see how I'm feeling at the moment because my mood is constantly changing.
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I was not trying to write some sort of serious meditation on war and peace. 'The Grace of Kings' is meant to be a fun book. It's meant to be an epic fantasy.
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As an action director, I always try to bring something fresh and new.
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When I create a character, I do it with the directors, and I take their notes and try to have my notes meet in a common ground. I don't create characters myself, and I don't really think that's my job. I'm not a prep person at all - plus, I'm just a lazy procrastinator.
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My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.
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I tried to live my life really openly and transparently right from the get-go. I think that probably resonated with people.
