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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If studying the periodic table taught me nothing else, it's that the credulity of human beings for periodic table panaceas is pretty much boundless.
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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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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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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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The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
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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 was 14, I told all the girls in my class that I wanted to be the first woman prime minister. Someone else beat me to that!
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I think I have more stamps in my passport than most stamp collectors have in their collections.
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The Voice Chamber hatches a new and healthy experience of the vibrational universe
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don't even get credit. Kansas City style, Chicago style, New Orleans style hell, they're all Jelly Roll style.
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What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.
Antony Sher
