Me Quotes
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When I started producing, it was George Abbott directing and he would let me do the scenery. He just wanted to know where the doors were - the entrances, the exits; the tables, the props - and then I would hire the designer. I took charge of the visuals - scenery and costumes and so on. And, the shows looked wonderful.
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I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of being away from home for any serious length of time is so inconceivable to me.
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The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.
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Somebody once told me, black people, in and of themselves, are cosmopolitan. There's cosmopolitanism within the black experience. There's an incredible amount.
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I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me.
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If I'm performing with a DJ, it's all on me to draw the energy. I like the camaraderie of a band.
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Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn't planned on, and then I have to go back to page 42 and fix things. I'm not recommending it as a way to write. It's very sloppy, but it works for me.
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It's been a dream for me since I was six years old to go to the Olympic Games and to finally have that dream realised is something massive for me.
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Michael Landon was the biggest influence. As a child, I watched him write, direct, star, and produce a TV show every week. He showed me what was possible.
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One night stands are not for me. I think it's gross when you just give it up.
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I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and I'm quite happy to read stuff on any of them.
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My duty to the army and to the republic whose battles we were waging forbade me assuming a position of seeming hostility to any portion of the brave men under my command.
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A script like 'Nightcrawler' gives me an opportunity to truly realize a vision that's mine, which is exciting.
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It's about players making choices as they play, and then dealing with the consequences of those choices. It's about you telling your story, not me telling mine. It's about you.
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Me, I don't need money.
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I'm very interested in film, but any more involvement would happen organically. I'm not really seeking anything out, just looking at projects that come up that interest me.
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My son makes me want to be better so that I can be there for him.
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Life has not been boring for me.
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But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.
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Other than marriage, she doesn't control me and I don't control her.
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It's so hard getting rid of something that means something to you, as many of the pieces on our site do for me.
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I'm so optimistic, I'd go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.
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I get a lot of fan mail and stuff, and usually it's for me to sign stuff.
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Outside of family, writing is essential. To me, it's like breathing.
