Kevin Whately Quotes
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province.
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I felt bad to have to get divorced. I wasn't proud of that.
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Bermuda is not even tropical. The charm of the tropics - the heat, the chaos - is not there.
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Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy.
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I'm very particular about what I want.
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
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I never thought of stopping, and I just hated sleeping. I can't imagine having a better life.
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I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.
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What I try to do is to appreciate every job I have while I'm working on it.
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Initially, I wanted to do films with A-list actors when I was struggling. I was hoping that I could also get that platform where I'm launched with Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan or Aamir Khan... and with them my career could also start, but it didn't happen. And then came 'Queen.'
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The most important guideline when it comes to argument is the golden rule. If someone were addressing your point, what tone, what overall approach would you find persuasive and want her to use? Whatever that is, do it yourself.
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The writers who inspire me most are all women: Enid Blyton, Agatha Christie, Margaret Mitchell and Emily and Charlotte Bronte. As for contemporary novels, one of my favourites is 'Everyone Brave is Forgiven' by Chris Cleave. It's the sort of book to read if you've fallen out of love with reading - it reminds you just how brilliant novels can be.
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I want it to be said when I leave this world that 'he was not just a money-making machine.'
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I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don't want the fluff.
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I don't want to spend my life in my 40s feeling bad about being in my 40s, and then all of a sudden I'm 50, and I will have missed a whole decade!
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I'm a straight guy and I date women, but I get on really well with gay guys. I'm very comfortable with my sexuality. The weirdest thing for me is when straight guys get really freaked out by gay guys. It's almost like they're insecure in their own sexuality. For me, I can be in a room full of gay men and have fun.
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The creative process lies not in imitating, but in paralleling nature - translating the impulse received from nature into the medium of expression, thus vitalizing this medium. The picture should be alive, the statue should be alive, and every work of art should be alive.
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I was filming 'The Avengers' when I got the call for 'Rush,' so I went from 215 pounds, which is how much I weigh when I'm playing Thor, down to about 185 pounds to be able to fit into the car. That was all in about four months.
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I get very unsettled by the mess of Christmas. I find the decorations a little bit hard, as my desire for everything to match is never fully satisfied.
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What we can afford least is to define the problem of future war as we would like it to be and, by doing so, introduce into our defense vulnerabilities based on self-delusion.
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Let's just say I've never relied on my looks to make a living.
