Kevin Nealon Quotes
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The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.
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Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic.
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My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through now, they'll hear about it on a record someday. They'll hear the real story. There's a little bit of lag time. It's not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it's much more accurate.
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I grew up in an all-female family - two sisters and a mostly single mother - and we often bonded, in part, by disparaging men and feeling superior to them.
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Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
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Look at Loretta Lynn. Look at Jeannie C. Rily singing 'Harper Valley PTA' and Tammy Wynette singing about divorce. They were ahead of their times in a lot of ways.
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Since day one my thing has always been to play the music.
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If you are going to call a film a 'black film' then you have to make a film that represents everyone that's black, which is almost impossible. That is why white films are not called white films, they are just called 'films.'
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I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling ourselves, then maybe everyone else will.
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I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.
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Books are acts of composition: you compose them. You make music: the music is called fiction.
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Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.
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There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am.
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I'm not a 21-year-old angsty self-destructive rapscallion anymore.
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Educated women armed with computers have defeated extremists by denying them a monopoly to define cultural identity and interpret religious texts. No extremist can say that women are inferior to men without being made a laughingstock on Al Jazeera. Islam insisted on equality between everyone.
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I have to admit, if Oprah were a man, I would marry her.
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People don't care about questionnaires.
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In the NBA, there's always a guy who is only around because he can jump. He doesn't have a clue about the fundamentals. I learn more from the WNBA. They know how to dribble, how to pivot, how to use the shot fake.
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Make men work together show them that beyond their differences and geographical boundaries there lies a common interest.
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Our goal is to solve a problem for the retailer, not to solve a problem for my ego - which is big.
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If you want a transcript of tonight's program, get a pen and write down everything I said.