Chris Smith Quotes
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One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.
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There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
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If I have a 100 percent batting average, you should fire me, because it means we haven't tried anything really noble.
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We should not underestimate the ability of people to do wrong if they want to do so.
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Is it the right thing to burn Qurans? Legally? Can pastor burn Quran tomorrow? People accept legally it is right. But is it the right thing to do? No.
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Brussels sprouts are really quite versatile.
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For me, acting is a long-term thing. I'm not in a hurry to make it. I have no desire to explode onto the film industry. I still want to be acting when I'm 60.
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I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.
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If you would attract good fortune, you must get rid of doubt. As long as that stands between you and your ambition, it will be a bar that will cut you off. You must have faith. No man can make a fortune while he is convinced that he can't.
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Legolas is fantastic to dress up in - of course he is - and I've had the best time playing him.
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Nobody wants to see a half-finished Vine.
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As far as I'm concerned... there's a side to an actor that wants to go on and play a thousand different roles.
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I was falsely arrested twice, slandered and defamed.
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No one realizes how hard parenthood is. I am not saying going into the office is easy. It's not. But parenthood, as fun as it is, is not for the fainthearted.
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Life is much too serious to be taken seriously.
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The fact is fiction is always a representation of life, sometimes the lives of famous people.
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There is a certain amount of commerce in the film industry in as much as you have value, and for a moment, your value goes up, then it all disappears again.
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Micing it from two different angles in front of the speaker sounds huge, and it's so simple.
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I just feel like I'm the luckiest person in the world being able to do what I love and be able to do it all day every day if I like, you know, I mean it's great, I love it.
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I think I look great in green, and I'm going to start wearing more green.
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But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses.
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What crime writers are doing connects deeper into a cultural hunger. Crime is important. When you open up a book that has a body that's dead, that matters. It matters more than a certain level of suburban angst; it really does.
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I wrote a play for Miu Miu called 'The Moment Is the Present, That's Why It's Called a Gift.' Instead of doing a catwalk show, all the actors wore the clothes and performed a 20-minute play.
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Abortion is child mortality.
