John Mellencamp Quotes
In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.
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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
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Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.
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As a working-class actor, leaving school with no qualifications, being a printer and then becoming an actor and then working with people who to a certain extent had had a leg up. I never had that advantage. It's less an artistic need to express myself and more a need to prove myself.
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It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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I think, especially in pop culture, we're brought up to think that a normal pop star is this pretty, well-kept-together girl.
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Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
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The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
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Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.
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The mere habit of writing, of constantly keeping at it, of never giving up, ultimately teaches you how to write.
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It's funny, my girlfriends think that because I am married to a fashion designer, I get all these great tips and hints about great fashion, but it's not like that at all. He never tells me what to wear.
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I'm choosy to a fault. You want to hold out for a project that means something. You're the one who's there working fifteen hours a day, and if you don't believe in it, it can feel a whole lot longer.
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Once, Naseeruddin Shah told me that the wafer shop was the best acting school that I could have attended. And I completely agree. I observed every customer very minutely and picked up some quirk or the other. Later, I used those experiences while playing different characters.
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Personally, I'd like us to have a few more women on the 'Today' programme.
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In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.
