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 really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me.
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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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I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy.
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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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Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.
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It is remarkable that since Nekhludoff understood that he was disgusted with himself, others ceased to be repulsive to him.
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We all know that love is truly the key. Anyone who tries to make anyone think that things of destruction has anything to do with God or Allah, they're a liar.
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If my father was alive today, he would have fought for Kurdish rights.
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You mean guys don't get injured in spring training? Guys get hurt walking down the street.
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What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.
Antony Sher
