Carlos Lopez-Cantera Quotes
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I don't think there was a definite day, but it would have been around my mid-20s. I was always interested in the media side of things. When we travelled with England away, or to World Cups, I used to sit with journos while they wrote their copy.
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I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm with friends.
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Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding.
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I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.
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I am an observer, I like to watch people. I am into psychology and people - how they act and such.
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Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.
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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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I actually have no style whatsoever. I'm the worst. I have people I talk to, and I say, 'Please tell me how to dress because I don't know what I'm doing.' The biggest thing for me is my mom. I'm like, 'Mom, do I look good?' If she says yes, I'm good to go.
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The fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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There are so many startups out there raising money. I don't think this is a bad thing. It's a good thing. Entrepreneurship is in vogue. Innovators are innovating. Makers are making.
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Just by my home is an entrance to the sewers they used in the Warsaw uprising. I grew up knowing people died down there. Warsaw was once a battleground; then it became a morgue. It's a city littered with ghosts. And that never left me.
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Unless physical action reflects psychic action, unless the deeds express the person, I get very bored with adventure stories; often it seems that the more action there is, the less happens.
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I thought, how would I feel if my son gave one of those underprivileged kids chicken pox? For him it's not a terrible thing. We have good insurance and easy access to health care. It's a different situation for another family. I didn't want to make the decision for them.
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I now find magic in the mundane. I'm also more creative - better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.
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I support parents making the best decisions for their kids' education.
