Antony Sher Quotes
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
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I read a lot of poetry, and I love what it does with language. I love music, too, and I think there's probably no coincidence there, that the rhythm of the words is almost as important as the words themselves, and when you can get the two working together, which usually takes me about 20 goes, I feel a huge satisfaction.
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People love teen movies because everyone can relate.
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I've never wanted to live in a ghetto or write in a ghetto. I want to write about a world that reflects the one most people live in. Gay people are just one aspect of that.
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When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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I have no mouth, and I must scream.
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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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I still sing every day - in the shower or on the set all day. I'm sure everyone will tell you that I never shut up. But it's not in the capacity that I would like to.
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Acquiring Sunseeker deepens Wanda's international influence and represents an important step forward for the development of the business.
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If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace.
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For a while I was suicidal and I tried to kill myself. I think I should have died about four times.
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Gena Rowlands is my all-time love. Nicole Kidman, Michelle Pfeiffer. I grew up watching their work; they are extraordinary.
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Some day... some day, I want to go much deeper into the human mind.
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Almost every character I've ever played - and sometimes this is very conscious and sometimes it's not - I need to find what they love.
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When I look up and see the sun shining on the patch of white clouds up in the blue, I begin to think how it would feel to be up somewhere above it winging swiftly thought the clear air, watching the earth below, and the men on it, no bigger than ants.
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Well, I met Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan in the space of 15 minutes. Frank Sinatra kissed me on the lips. He kissed me on the lips. And then he gave me a filterless cigarette. And then I met Bob Dylan. I came off all lightheaded and had to go sit on his dressing-room steps.
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I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.
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I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth into the air without knowing the uncertainty and the exhilaration of first-born adventure.
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Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story, but music sometimes, just music itself, can turn into more of a maths problem. I guess everything in life is a math problem, but it can be more about an empirical route to getting the symmetry that you want, and this vibe, sonically.
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I save my dreams and hopes for my kids. When I'm making a wish under a bridge or tunnel, it's always for them.
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We are not to lead events, but to follow them.
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Challenging American leadership is not at stake.
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What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.
Antony Sher
