Connor Paolo Quotes
I do well with peoples' parents, but I've certainly had friends who were not. One of my best friends is pretty consistently reviled by his girlfriends' parents!
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The cadence of life is slower in North Korea.
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The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in high dudgeon. I once wrote a mocking review of Marguerite Duras in the 'New York Review of Books,' and good friends of mine in France got very angry.
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When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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We show our faces to demand human rights for everyone, everywhere.
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In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don't do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi, a Pakistani, or an Iranian, they do it because of one's words and character. This is why I am being respected and supported there.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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I know I'm not a conventional beauty. You can read a lot of painful things on the Internet, which criticise you aesthetically - but as far as I'm concerned, that's not what an actress is.
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Let's face it, I only practice yoga because the classes are always packed with beautiful women.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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My story about becoming an actor is a completely non-romantic one. I became an actor because my parents were actors, and it seemed like a very... I knew I was going to act all my life, but I didn't know that I was going to be a professional actor. I thought I was just going to work as an actor every now and then.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
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And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.
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You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It's your call.
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Wherever you go at SXSW, there you are standing in line. Or watching other people stand in line.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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I studied drama at the Queensland University of Technology, which was amazing. I can't speak highly enough of that school.
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Theatre tends to be more metaphorical and intense, as you're locked in one room and focused on one thing. Television can hop around, and you need to invest in its naturalistic reality more. But I love writing both, precisely because they're so different.
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I'm pretty good with languages.
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I do well with peoples' parents, but I've certainly had friends who were not. One of my best friends is pretty consistently reviled by his girlfriends' parents!
