Adam Scott Quotes
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But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.
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In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.
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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
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Reality TV is easier to digest if it comes in small amounts.
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I got to see Jack White. I love his new album. There's a song on the album called 'I Think I Should Go to Sleep' that my son loves. We play it on a loop around the house, and he just bounces around.
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In Chicago, they die for their teams.
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The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.
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This is my life... I mean, maybe I have Rs 100 crore in the bank, sitting comfortably. If that increases to Rs 10,000 crore, what difference does it make to me.
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The best messages in any given negotiation are really implied indirectly, come to the other person based on thinking that you're getting them to do - getting them to get some really solid thought behind their answers. And so a great thing to send someone in an email is, 'Have you given up on this project?'
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I'm trying to incorporate colour into my life. Until recently, everything in my closet was black, white, grey, navy or olive.
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Seeing a catering truck feels like home.
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Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency.
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'Black Mass' was a really great experience.
