Craig T. Nelson Quotes
I really wanted to do 'Modern Family,' and I really liked the script, and I liked the people.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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When I travel, there are no rules with my diet. I eat whatever looks good, but in small portions. Food is such a rich part of the travel experience. There is no way I would cut that out!
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
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In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sacred cow in this society.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.
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As you probably know, half of the people who work in this country work for small businesses. And it's more than that, because two out of every three net new jobs come from small business. So we mean it when we talk about small business being the engine for the economy.
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I think I may have created a monster with my - I won't say act - but with my redneck pose.
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I've been looking for a versatile and writer-driven home that could help me bring more complex, exciting, and potentially murderous characters to television - and the team at Skydance is the ideal partner for that.
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Early on, I played one or two disturbed people, and I guess I must have been good at it, because it stuck. But, you know, I'm a regular guy. I stay home a lot, I make an effort to keep a distance from the whole social thing, the openings, the parties. I try to live in a calm way.
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Sometimes there's more important things in life than being in the ring, like family, like us, & being in love.
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I really wanted to do 'Modern Family,' and I really liked the script, and I liked the people.
