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You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
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It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you.
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Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.
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We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'
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Private education can give you confidence, which is marvellous; a sense of entitlement isn't.
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
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You're either with me or you're not. And if you're not, you're out.
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We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
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As you get older, you see the world at a different angle, maybe more cynically, but I just bury my anger.
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Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
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Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.
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Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
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When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
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You fly. You aviate. You do everything you can to get the aircraft safely on the ground.
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When you're working well, you don't do research. Whatever you need comes to you.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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There are days where you do everything right and nothing goes in your favour.
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To be honest, you don't get the full picture when you read a script.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
