Adam West Quotes
There was a time when 'Batman' really kept me from getting some pretty good roles, and I was asked to do what I figured were important features. However, Batman was there, and very few people would take a chance on me walking onto the screen. And they'd be taking people away from the story.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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The important thing to remember is war does not progress linearly. The future course of events is going to be very difficult to predict with a high degree of precision.
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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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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
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My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
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Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!
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No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas will probably not throw the customary stone.
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I've always wanted to be an actress as well as a fashion designer.
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I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.
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Why change? If you're happy, and things are going really well at one place, there is no need to change.
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People hate us for showing stuff, and they hate us when we say, 'Fine, we won't show it anymore.'
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Greeks are notorious for their potions. I wouldn't say I've used Windex, but there are so many tricks that have been handed down to me.
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There are people I know who won't hurt me. I call them corpses.
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In an age of enormities, the emotions are naturally weakened. We are continually called upon to have feelings - about genocide, for instance, or about famine or the blowing up of passenger planes - and we are all aware that we are incapable of reacting appropriately. A guilty consciousness of emotional inadequacy or impotence makes people doubt their own human weight.
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There was a time when 'Batman' really kept me from getting some pretty good roles, and I was asked to do what I figured were important features. However, Batman was there, and very few people would take a chance on me walking onto the screen. And they'd be taking people away from the story.
