- Netflix
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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
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV or being in films.
- Police Officers
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up and watching 'The Sweeney,' the notion of police officers being an inch away from the villains that they're chasing was commonplace.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was focused on either being a social worker or physiotherapist. That was the direction I was going until I met a girl who wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to be close to the girl, so I followed her into an audition.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doors being closed or made harder to open is something I'm very familiar with - and I don't like it.
- Drink
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a technophobe. I can't crack the iPhone, and the extent of my multitasking is being able to talk while I make a drink.
- Digital
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- Nov 07, 2020
In order to thrive in the 21st century, you have to be a savvy citizen of the digital economy or risk being left behind.
- Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not afraid of being a pariah.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Puerto Rican culture is very different from Mexican culture. Part of the Mexican psychology is the idea of being an immigrant or being illegal or being confused with that. That doesn't happen with Puerto Ricans, because you're a commonwealth.
- Industry
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- Nov 07, 2020
There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have.
- Certain Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it came to football there was a certain age where I realized that my future in football was being a grease spot on the side of some bigger player.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like everyone else, I use my phone a lot, and being a screenwriter, my laptop is my life.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the fear about being a first-time director is just starting with a completely blank slate and thinking: 'Is this going to connect with anybody?'
- Commonly
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - influence his acting to a much greater extent than commonly recognized.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020