Ben Daniels Quotes
I'm a huge Emile Zola fan, and when Bill Gallagher said he was writing a new character for 'The Paradise' and had me in mind for the role, I knew I wanted to play Tom Weston before I'd even read a word of the script.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.
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I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
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We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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If something is mine, then I want to keep it.
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When you begin to write poems because you love language, because you love poetry. Something happens that makes you write poems. And the writing of poems is incredibly pleasurable and addictive.
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Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago and what a good culture we've got. You can have a pretty wonderful artistic life and never leave Chicago.
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
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I just want to sit in my room and write books.
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The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
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America faces a new race that has awakened.
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I like junk food, French fries, hamburgers - I love it.
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I eat tons of green veggies to keep my PH balance in check.
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Every day proves to me more and more that this American world was not made for me.
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Directing a television episode is no joke, and it's incredibly difficult and especially when you're acting in it as well.
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He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
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Experience join'd with common sense, To mortals is a providence.
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Create and stir other people to create.
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I'm a huge Emile Zola fan, and when Bill Gallagher said he was writing a new character for 'The Paradise' and had me in mind for the role, I knew I wanted to play Tom Weston before I'd even read a word of the script.
