Claire Foy Quotes

I think, whenever you're doing anything, you don't want anyone anywhere to watch it and think that what your character is doing is ridiculous. You don't want anyone to watch it and go, 'Oh my God, that's just fortuitous.'

Claire Foy

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• For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one.

  

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• I think 'North by Northwest' and 'Rope' and Rear Window' and 'Psycho' are on my list of favorite all time movies. I just think his kind of command as a director was almost unparalleled, and I feel like in certain ways the sort of character-based thriller owes more to Hitchcock than anyone.

  

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• The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

  

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• DJ Premier, this guy is like a god, a walking god. Guru, he put it down legendary.

  

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• The Russo brothers are the best people ever, and they cast me in 'Happy Endings.' I did text Joe Russo to say, 'I don't think my character dies, so if you need a local news cameraman to show up in 'Captain America 2'... I know it doesn't make sense, but just hear me out on this!' He was really cool about it and turned me down right away.

  

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• When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
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• God will not damn a lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds.

  

  Garrett Fort
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• Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

  

  Victoria Jackson
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• Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

  

  Oswald Chambers
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• I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked.

  

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• I played a character in 'Ransom' who was as evil as they come.

  

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• One would think that it would be very easy, with an iconic character like James Bond, to keep making the films, but it hasn't been. But, it sure has been entertaining and rewarding.

  

  Barbara Broccoli
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• We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.

  

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• You try not to become so emotionally attached to your character, but you do.

  

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• The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.

  

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• They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?

  

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• The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.

  

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• I try to think what the character is thinking. Then, hopefully, I begin to feel it. I act and react not because I'm recalling a dog killed by a fire engine, but because I'm concentrating on what the character is going through.

  

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• There are actors I know personally, or I've heard them say, "The less known about me, the better, because I just want people to think of me as the character." I think Matt Damon said that recently. He has a point and I think I get that.

  

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• Sometimes. It was a good escape. Until, you know, it wasn‟t.

  

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• The promise, made when I am in love, to be true to the beloved as long as I live, commits me to being true even if I cease to be in love.

  

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• I never pass a Dairy Queen without stopping. I cannot stand tucked-in sheets. I was once a contestant on 'The Price is Right.'

  

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• I think, whenever you're doing anything, you don't want anyone anywhere to watch it and think that what your character is doing is ridiculous. You don't want anyone to watch it and go, 'Oh my God, that's just fortuitous.'

  

  Claire Foy
  • God
  • Character