Wallace Shawn Quotes
Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people. On the contrary, the actor may simply be a person who's more willing than others to reveal some truths about himself.
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There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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I truly believe that you have to bring more content to the table to survive in radio than saying, 'There was AC/DC, and here's Journey,' because computers can do that.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.
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Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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I don't want to be typecast as a heroine who does a certain kind of cinema, which is why I experiment with the types of films that I do. But yes, I won't deny that romantic love stories or romantic comedies are what I enjoy doing the most, because as an audience those are the kind of films that I like watching.
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I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people.
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If I could repeat it, people passing by would be enlightened and go free.
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Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people. On the contrary, the actor may simply be a person who's more willing than others to reveal some truths about himself.
