Antony Starr Quotes
We all like going to the dark side of things; we all like dipping into worlds that we don't know anything about, or hopefully don't know anything about. I think 'Banshee' gives people a chance to do that pretty safely because we all know there's a solid buffer between the show and reality.
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I think knowing where you can generally fit is important, but the fun thing about being an actor is sometimes stretching beyond that stereotype and stretching beyond the box that people put you in.
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For me, I don't participate in the filming when I represent a reality show star in a case, because that would mean waiving my right to attorney – client privilege, and that would hamper my ability to mount an effective case.
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.
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I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.
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When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched. That was something I not only felt, but I participated in.
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I learned the importance of being confident. I think that at the end of the day, it's not so much about what you look like - it's really about the way that you feel. That resonates with people.
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Real golf is the 20 million people who play once a week or once a month.
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When I did 'The Social Network', David Fincher told me that I managed to make a thankless character pretty awesome. I thought that was really cool because I think he's really cool.
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When people talk about the impact of mobile dating, everyone focuses on real-time meeting - this idea that my pocket will vibrate every time a hot girl walks by. That's important. But it's not transformative.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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I am bullish on the global development. I am bullish on billions of people getting out of poverty.
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The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.
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Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.
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In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; there's a great deal of memory in them.
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In France there are, I think, less than one per cent of people who are too skinny.
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It's difficult to tell the truth about how a book begins. The truth, as far as it can be presented to other people, is either wholly banal or too intimate.
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I still deal with triggers and neuroses that I've developed over the decades. But I do think I have a great amount of compassion for people who feel that they don't fit in, or people who feel they have trouble finding their place in this world.
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We spend more time talking about what's happening on Twitter than we do talking about what kind of organising people are doing in the cities we live in.
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When I'm not on a crazy schedule, I'll try to do yoga or the gym once or twice a week.
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Everyone picks the best one when given a choice.
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There's an interesting mix to 'Robin Hood' because it's kind of modern but medieval. There is a blend of adventure with a very modern feel.
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We all like going to the dark side of things; we all like dipping into worlds that we don't know anything about, or hopefully don't know anything about. I think 'Banshee' gives people a chance to do that pretty safely because we all know there's a solid buffer between the show and reality.
