Andy Serkis Quotes

There's a huge gulf between people who can afford to go to drama school and those who can't.

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• When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.

  

  Taylour Paige
  • Trying
  • Funny
  • Taken

• The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
  • Peace
  • Struggle
  • Israel

• Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.

  

  Sam Harris
  • You
  • Human
  • Wellbeing

• Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.

  

  Sally Schneider
  • Work
  • Book
  • Chef

• As long as people have been making little people, they've wanted to know how not to.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • People
  • Long
  • Know

• At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Night
  • Dressing
  • Outfit

• I just don't think men fancy me.

  

  Gail Porter
  • Men
  • Think
  • Me

• I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.

  

  Lata Mangeshkar
  • Believe
  • Me
  • Like

• My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.

  

  Tara Brach
  • Heart
  • Book
  • True

• One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'

  

  Ram Charan
  • Love
  • Stories
  • Love Stories

• I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Up
  • Happy
  • Morning

• Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.

  

  Gary Miller Bad Brains
  • Work
  • Responsibility
  • Waiting

• I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Own
  • Too Much
  • Admit

• I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • Great
  • Moral
  • Courage

• I have a friendship with Hezbollah, and I also have contacts outside of Lebanon, but it doesn't mean I follow anyone's agenda.

  

  Najib Mikati
  • Mean
  • Friendship
  • Outside

• So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.

  

  Aaron Ashmore
  • People
  • Many
  • Loyal

• In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.

  

  Adam Peaty
  • Amount
  • Massive
  • Genetics

• In 2011, General Alston, four-star commander in Iraq, recommended to the President, a force level of over 20,000. The President rejected it and pulled out all the forces with what is now known as a disastrous consequence in Syria.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Star
  • President
  • Now

• For years, I hated myself. I covered the mirrors in my house. I literally couldn't have a mirror in my room.

  

  Christina Ricci
  • House
  • Mirror

• When I had photographed Prince William's mother, I brought along a CD of Dalida, a French singer, that we played on set all day to relax everyone. I decided to do the same thing for Catherine and William. The contrast of the contemporary informal music playing in the beautiful rooms with so much history caused a lot of laughter.

  

  Mario Testino
  • Music
  • History
  • Mother

• Since Ronald Reagan's election in 1980, conservatives of various sorts, and conservatisms of various stripes, have generally been in the ascendancy. And a good thing, too! Conservatives have been right more often than not - and more often than liberals - about most of the important issues of the day.

  

  Bill Kristol
  • Good
  • Important

• I was a hyperactive kid, and it took awhile for me to find the right teacher. My master was a Shaolin kung fu teacher, but he also taught tai chi, Chinese medicine, brush painting - he was adept at all facets of Chinese culture.

  

  Daniel Wu
  • Culture
  • Teacher
  • Painting

• There's a huge gulf between people who can afford to go to drama school and those who can't.

  

  Andy Serkis
  • People
  • School
  • Drama