Ben Schnetzer Quotes
When you're doing a play, you don't always have a practical world that you're working off of. You have to create it for yourself.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself.
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I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.
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In some sense, what you might have suspected from the first day of high-school chemistry is true: The periodic table is a colossal waste of time. Nine out of every 10 atoms in the universe are hydrogen, the first element and the major constituent of stars. The other 10 percent of all atoms are helium.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.
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The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
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I don't find it hard to direct myself. I can easily think of me as a horrible performer or a good performer. I work with actors who cannot stand watching or looking at themselves, which is not my case. I can have an eye and perspective on whether I'm terrible or good enough for me.
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Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
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My family are my friends.
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We were making new ones the second year. We were in syndication the second year. So we were on Saturday nights, prime time, every morning, and then they put it on Sunday evenings too. So it was all over the place.
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We did 356 'Dallas' episodes between 1978 and 1991. The most memorable moment for me happened in 1980 when I got shot at the end of the third series. The rest is a blur.
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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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Economists have the same occupational hazard as baseball managers and football coaches: Every person on the street knows their job better than they do.
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The doctrine of the Second Coming has failed, so far as we are concerned, if it does not make us realize that at every moment of every year in our lives Donne's question 'What if this present were the world's last night?' is equally relevant.
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I don't want to not be African. The goal is to live in a world where my race doesn't limit my access, where I can see myself represented in the highest level of society without any limitation.
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There is no definition of beauty, but when you can see someone's spirit coming through, something unexplainable, that's beautiful to me.
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When you're doing a play, you don't always have a practical world that you're working off of. You have to create it for yourself.
