Andy Summers Quotes
If the guitar synthesizer is really going to stand as a synthesizer on its own, it needs to develop a more characteristic sound; I don' think it's gotten there yet.
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Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves. Then you can edit or mess around with what they've come up with. But you have to allow the artist that space.
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In Africa through the 1990s, with notable exceptions in Senegal and Uganda, nearly all the ruling powers denied they had a problem with AIDS.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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It's difficult to act in a language that's not your own. It takes a long time to put your head around it and feel confident with it.
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I think anyone taken out of their comfort zone and put somewhere else will change.
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You have to be quite stupid to act.
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At nine, my mom used to tell me she saw an Olympic medalist in me. I used to take it as a joke, but she was very serious.
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Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.
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Creating a believable world on the ship was very important, and technically they got better and better and better at showing the ship too.
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I've always read books and loved human behavior since I was ten or twelve years old. Maybe even that's why I wanted to do comedy.
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That's what I like about acting. When you're preparing for a role, you do your research, and the bonus is you get to learn these skills. Now, it's on to whatever the next thing is I have to learn.
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Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
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There is no such thing as second place. Either you're first or you're nothing.
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When you live in a community where people know you, it makes you want to be good and decent. It's a strong influence.
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I feel lucky that I got to work with some of the big legends in town.
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There's always been a lot of misunderstanding about Lando's character. I used to pick up my daughter from elementary school and get into arguments with little children who would accuse me of betraying Han Solo.
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Once you're playing someone, you shouldn't be judging them in any way. That's what being an actor is - it's having empathy for people that are different from yourself. Once you've committed to that person, your responsibility is to tell that story.
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If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.
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Most people would identify with the fact that we tend to be defined by the struggles we came through than by the successes. And certainly for me that's true.
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Every time you look up, they're scoring a run. They do all the little things. After a series with them, you're all worn out from watching those rabbits run around the bases.
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If the guitar synthesizer is really going to stand as a synthesizer on its own, it needs to develop a more characteristic sound; I don' think it's gotten there yet.
