- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really don't even think of myself as being Jewish except when I'm in Germany.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone has a different path. I knew no one in the acting industry growing up. I never did a play until college. I was not outspoken when I was younger and I hated being the center of attention. But I had a dream of being an actor. I went to NYU and studied theatre. I learned a craft. And began my career straight out of college.
- Overcome
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the very, very exciting things I have found here in L.A. is that no one talks to you about being Scottish. Whereas, if you are in London and you are trying to put films together and be a film-maker, there is a kind of unspoken sense that, if you are Scottish, you have something to overcome or else you cannot really do that project.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing.
- Heady
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working as an actor at the Actor's Workshop, being abused as a intern.
- Kiss
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I love about being a member of KISS is that we're the 'John Glenns' of rock - we always have to be the first in anything we do, and I love that.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first heard 'A Christmas Story, the musical,' I thought, Oh, that could be really good. It just felt like it fit. Some films lend themselves well to other formats, some don't, but there are so many fantasy sequences in the film, and Ralphie's such a dreamer as a character, I thought they could really lend themselves to being set pieces.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being with the mainstream isn't very difficult - the tide is powerful, and it is easy to let it sweep us along with it. But going against the tide is very difficult. First of all, one must recognise very exactly what the tide is and where it is going.
- Different Roles
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously there are positives to working in the epicenter of innovation. But there are also disadvantages. There is a groupthink mentality that goes on. Being based outside of Silicon Valley, you're not as subject to it.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had learnt from my years of being in the services business, like networking and closely watching the early days of the Internet, that scale leads to many possibilities.
- Secret
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- Nov 07, 2020