Antony Sher Quotes
I'm always very proud of belonging to three minorities: gay, Jewish, white South African.Antony Sher
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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
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My father, I think he played percussion in high school. My mother played piano when she was very young, but only for a brief while. I don't think she had a great teacher. In any case, neither of them were really into music at a young age.
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I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don't live my life in the way someone like you does. I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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I am at a stage where I want to be known as a versatile actor.
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Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.
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My centre of who I thought I was was never very consciously about being beautiful or attractive - I think I'm one of those people who's actually grown into their looks.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.
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I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
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In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic days.
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It's all about sound. It's that simple.
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Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.
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A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don't understand why it's the government's responsibility.
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Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.
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I am thinking about launching a wine website where there is a deal and the crowd can dictate how cheap it can get.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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Regardless of our political stance, we cannot afford to perpetuate the Western car-centric model.
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Breakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life.
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I'm never gonna change the skin, right? I'm very proud of what it implies and what it has meant to me... but then again, in Congress, I hope to make my mark as a colleague and as a leader.
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If you just say nothing, there is no way they can make you talk.
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I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.
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I'm always very proud of belonging to three minorities: gay, Jewish, white South African.
Antony Sher
