Andrew Lloyd Webber Quotes
I remember, once I was going through Nice airport with Roger Moore, and these kids came up and asked for our autographs. Afterwards, Roger said, 'It must be very strange for you. I'm an actor, and signing autographs is part of what I do. But you're a public figure who people don't really know.' He was right.
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I don't feel proprietary, but I do feel there is a human identity to the borough of Hackney that's quite peculiar. It was always bloody-minded and difficult; it always stood up to central government.
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I've never seen anyone handling pans in the streets of New York, and if I did I doubt I'd give them money, unless I needed a pan. I do give money to homeless people, whether they ask or no.
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Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.
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My philosophy is to be me.
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We were elected in a wave because the people in America, if they had a single issue that troubled them the most, it was that health care vote.
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Acting was something that I grew up just doing. I certainly never thought about it.
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I've never really felt like a veteran. I've never felt like the guy who's like, 'OK, everyone needs to look up to me and respect me.' I've always just been one of the guys that people are excited to get in the ring with. That's all I want.
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Soap operas are like boot camps for film actors, so I really learned a lot. It was a masterclass in working for camera. I made myself watch myself every day. I would sort of try and be objective about it and critique myself a little. There's a lot more skill set than people realize in soap operas. They shoot, like, 35 scenes a day.
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All my brother Eliot and I did as kids was film sketches.
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Stand-up, by far, is my favorite.
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When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
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It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only so many actors to go around, which is good for us.
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Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
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There is no coming to consciousness without pain.
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Thinking of that movie 'The Artist'; if anyone ever needed to reach anyone, I'm just thinking they didn't have cell phones, they didn't have Internet, they didn't have email, so I always wonder how it was back then where you had to be home if you needed to get a phone call; otherwise, people couldn't get a hold of you.
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I just love clothes! I'm a girl who loves clothes, accessories, shoes, bags and jewelry.
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I am an outspoken person. I believe in what I say.
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Music expresses what cannot be put into words I like to think, and I think the band makes a good go at it.
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I remember, once I was going through Nice airport with Roger Moore, and these kids came up and asked for our autographs. Afterwards, Roger said, 'It must be very strange for you. I'm an actor, and signing autographs is part of what I do. But you're a public figure who people don't really know.' He was right.
