Adam Ross Quotes
'Mr. Peanut' is not about a man who dreams of killing his wife; that's jacket copy, to me. 'Mr. Peanut' is about the dynamism of marriage and the distances - some tragic, some redemptive - that marriages travel over time, and those travels ain't always pretty.
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I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life!
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I don't ever take anything for granted.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.
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I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.
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I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
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I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids.
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A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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Fashion anticipates.
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Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.
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I started breaking out of my shell in sophomore and junior year.
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On the PGA Tour, guys finish in the top 10, make a ton of money and think they're great players. In my era, you had to win. We didn't settle for anything else.
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I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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I have always loved animals and groomed friends' horses as a child. I think I may have even ridden the odd seaside donkey in my early years.
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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
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Meisner technique was different than anything I'd ever experienced. It's a really great way to be accountable to your craft and to yourself, but also it takes that kind of focus and dedication to learn anything.
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You can have music and it will stand alone by itself, but you can't have a movie without it.
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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle.
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'Mr. Peanut' is not about a man who dreams of killing his wife; that's jacket copy, to me. 'Mr. Peanut' is about the dynamism of marriage and the distances - some tragic, some redemptive - that marriages travel over time, and those travels ain't always pretty.
