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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People ask me about staying here. I think they assume that I wouldn't want to come back to a place like Mississippi, which is so backward and which frustrates me a lot. The responsibility that I feel to tell these stories about the people and the place that I'm from is what pulls me back.
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We have become a society where the artist is regarded as a self-indulgent superfluity, and the person who juggles stocks and shares is an essential part of the economy.
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It's funny to see how people react to the project, to read their thoughts, and I wonder aloud, 'Did they even watch the movie? Did they even get it?' I know we, myself and the entire cast, put a lot of heart, love and humor into 'Meet the Peeples'. I'm very proud of that film and what we were able to accomplish.
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Probably more than anybody else, I loved Nat 'King' Cole as a performer - not only his singing but his piano playing. Whenever he had a new record come out, I'd get it and try to learn how he was playing. And he was one of the nicest people I'd ever met.
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I've always been one of those people who wondered 'What if...'
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I really wanted to do 'Modern Family,' and I really liked the script, and I liked the people.
