Ben Daniels Quotes
The older I get, the more of a recluse I turn into. I love the social aspect of my work. It's like a commune and gets very intense and very sociable. Then when I am not working, I shut myself away, so I can see myself living up a mountain.
Quotes to Explore
-
Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and that I had been happy in being this or that kind of fool.
-
Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
-
The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
-
But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite.
-
I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
-
I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
-
I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
-
Often you see big companies, big banks who are eager to embrace crushing regulatory burdens because they drive up everyone's costs.
-
When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
-
I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
-
I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.
-
Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
-
Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised.
-
Someone who knew me when I was 14 said I was the oldest 14-year-old on the planet. Now I'm a 14-year-old who is 60.
-
I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
-
How can you think and hit at the same time?
-
I'm a Christian guy, and when it comes to my priorities, it's the utmost. For me, just to calm myself down, to keep my perspective when I'm playing, to not make too big a deal of it... that's where I go to. The peace that comes with that allows me to play free golf.
-
I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
-
It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
-
It's a guilty pleasure that things I loved as a kid I now have the power to put into motion and up on screen.
-
Corporations today, by their razor sharp focus on the 'bottom line' and quarterly earnings, have lost their ability to innovate.
-
I remember, after graduating high school, I got a part in a play with the Washington Shakespeare Festival - a little part. But I remember thinking this would be a great way of making a living... to be an actor. I never really thought I'd make a lot of money at it.
-
At my first Masters, I got the feeling, that if I didn't play well, I wouldn't go to heaven.
-
The older I get, the more of a recluse I turn into. I love the social aspect of my work. It's like a commune and gets very intense and very sociable. Then when I am not working, I shut myself away, so I can see myself living up a mountain.
