Andy Serkis Quotes
I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.
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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.
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I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
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The Kapoor surname has legend, a passion for acting, respect and love attached to it. And I am very proud of that.
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I played a lot of squash for a lot of years.
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It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.
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When I did '1,2,3,4' on 'Sesame Street' they'd rewritten the song and made it about counting. At first, I balked. I was like, 'Counting to four? That's where we're going with this?' Then they sent me appearances by other people like James Blunt doing 'You're Beautiful' as 'My Triangle.'
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Like a lot of people, I'm very, very concerned about Senator Clinton's record. I'm very, very concerned about where her positions were in the 1990s, when we had some of the most disgusting legislation in terms of our criminal justice, really, in this country's history.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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Do not strive to be a modern artist: it's the one thing, unfortunately, you can't help being.
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I knew when I grew up, I always wanted to be a liar, and if you're in television, you're lying because you're just pretending to be yourself much like I'm doing now.
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Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited.
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The race question is subsidiary to the class question in politics, and to think of imperialism in terms of race is disastrous. But to neglect the racial factor as merely incidental is an error only less grave than to make it fundamental.
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Who are we? Whom do we want to become? How do we perceive ourselves? How do we want to be perceived? These questions of identity are often at the core of our own internal struggles. Resolve them, and you are closer to being free.
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I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.
