Art Alexakis Quotes
I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.
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We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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I loved math and science. It just made sense to me. But my hatred for world history has come to bite me in the butt in my adult years. Every show I have done professionally has required me to study the world in which my characters lived.
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We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens.
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I was authorized to do everything that I did.
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Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.
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You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.
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A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.
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The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.
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Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
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Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.
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Cornwall has lots of folk and Celtic music and has that kind of surfer vibe as well. That was my kind of upbringing.
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We need to look to our laurels a bit with television in this country. I don't think enough risks are being taken in drama television in the U.K., and I think a lot of programme makers are underestimating the intelligence of the viewing public, basing it all on ratings.
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I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
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I'd rather write about polar bears than people.
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When I arrived in the U.S., I knew little English and didn't have any friends. The neighborhood and school kids were so welcoming. They made me feel at home very quickly.
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I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.
