Leo Sayer Quotes
In the past, it wasn't any big deal for people with talent to hang out together. Now we have the celebrity age, which has made a lot of things harder to do.
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In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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I like being unconventional.
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I became a dancer late and an actor late.
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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to.
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Education is the development of power and ideal.
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What I bring to the table is a huge enthusiasm and love for this stuff.
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I've created my own career in my life, and I've had a lot of fun doing it. I think that's good.
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I'd always liked to read, but when I picked up books I wasn't getting the same kind of excitement from them that I was from going out clubbing. I wanted to get the same kind of feel.
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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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I will take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long-term.
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When will we get a female director-general of the BBC? Where is the colour when you go further up the food chain? It disappears.
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The relationship with producers has always, in my experience, been, uhhh - tense. Challenging. But the actors and crew become like family. You're there all those hours - more than on a movie. You come to depend on each other.
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When someone says 'Action,' you just get on with it and hope that that is translated onto the screen for other people to see. All you can ever do is work as hard as you can on it and make sure you're doing your job.
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I am hopeful that the concept of 'cultural appropriation' is a passing fad: people with different backgrounds rubbing up against each other and exchanging ideas and practices is self-evidently one of the most productive, fascinating aspects of modern urban life.
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In the past, it wasn't any big deal for people with talent to hang out together. Now we have the celebrity age, which has made a lot of things harder to do.
