Antony Sher Quotes
I never regret things. It's a really dangerous thing to say, but for anyone involved in the arts, the bad things that happen make for good material. It's not a comfortable truth, but it is true.Antony Sher
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I think 4 percent growth is a good goal. And I think the fact that we have become used to an economy that sort of putt putts along between 1 and 2 percent is sort of tragic.
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I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
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It's become a habit to make films where the father is absent. My father impresses me, but the father figure does not.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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My favorite movies growing up were things like 'The Wizard of Oz,' but as I got older, I really began to admire people like Steven Soderbergh.
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I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I'm taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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I've always romanticized the late '40s and '50s - the cars, jazz, the open roads and lack of pollution. Now there are more vehicles, less hitchhikers, more billboards and power lines and stuff. People wrote wonderful long letters that took months to receive, and now everything is email.
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I am just an actor, but there are these other people who are really selfless. I come from a long line of nurses in my family, and they really do a thankless job.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings.
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I'm not bothered about what others are doing. All I want to do is excel in whatever it is that I do.
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I, for one, believe that partisanship should have nothing to do with the actions of Christ. You're either Christlike, or you're not.
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The worst thing about all this staining power of the world is the way in which we come to think of it as inevitable. ... It is not true. ... Social life is lighted up with the lustre of the white, unstained robes of many a pure man or woman who walks through its very midst.
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I love it. I'd do it again any time, and I'm sure we'll do it for other records. It was awesome. We met cool people and got some really good songs out of it.
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I think American interests are served when there are sections of the world that have representative governments, politically open economic systems, and are willing to take a stand against some of the more extreme ideologies that there are around the world.
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Sometimes I ride my bike to see the kids after a matinee and then ride back to do the show. That's the hard part, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
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I never regret things. It's a really dangerous thing to say, but for anyone involved in the arts, the bad things that happen make for good material. It's not a comfortable truth, but it is true.
Antony Sher
