Andy Serkis Quotes
For film and games, there is now a fantastic method of actors portraying characters which don't necessarily look like themselves. And yet you've still got the heart and soul of the performance.
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.
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Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit will probably not win an Academy Award, but if you put it first on your list, it will become a nominee.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
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The Gospel itself is angular. It always has been. It always conflicts. It always challenges every generation. It challenges different generations in different ways.
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One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.
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I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.
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I like shopping at retail places like JC Penney or Macy's, and maybe buying a top or a shirt, and then buying a skirt from Rue 21 or Forever 21 because they have the maxi skirts, which I appreciate so much, and then topping it off with something that I buy from a Somali shop.
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To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't know the answer to in advance.
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Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.
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You're going to fail. It's how you respond to that failure that kind of defines you as a person, as an athlete.
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Size doesn't matter. It's all about the heart.
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Poor Gauguin, 'way off there on his island! I'll wager he spends most of his time thinking of Rue Lafitte. I advised him to go to New Orleans, but he decided it was too civilized. He had to have people around him with flowers on their heads and rings in their noses before he could feel at home. Now if I should leave my house for more than two days...
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I really love New York, and I've lived here for a long time. I know not just the different neighborhoods but the different kind of class cultures in New York from the up-and-coming, down-and-out kind of artist to the powerful worlds of finance.
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For film and games, there is now a fantastic method of actors portraying characters which don't necessarily look like themselves. And yet you've still got the heart and soul of the performance.
