J. M. Roberts Quotes
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together.
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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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My father wouldn't let me take typing in childhood.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Cinema sustains life. It captures death in its progress.
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In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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A lot of the problems in the mortgage world, people said, were because our competitors were evil. But a lot of it was a lack of technology - bad processes and systems.
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'The Bank Job' was great fun to work on. Roger Donaldson is a top director, and working on HD was a new experience. It picks up every detail, which is a blessing and a curse if you think about it.
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If I do a film and have to get naked, that tends to dictate how often I go to the gym. Acting in 'Richard II' on stage was a huge physical workout, so I ended up more toned than I normally am.
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Breaking up is the hardest thing we do. It's the most important thing we do, in a way. You've got to embrace rejection, or you'll maintain a very limited life. It'll be very nice and neat - and very, very small.
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Well, as a general remark, I would say that I was discouraged by the physical and economic conditions in continental Europe after the war.
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It felt like family from the first time we talked.
