- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Long Quotes
On patience, process and playing the long game.
Several quotes here describe how long real work actually takes: commissioning a television show, learning from mistakes only years later, or thinking generationally about where humanity stands. For a related theme, see our Long Time quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother had just died, and I had to walk a long way behind her coffin, surrounded by thousands of people watching me while millions more did on television. I don't think any child should be asked to do that under any circumstances.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought for a month or so along the lines of what I call Monsieur Beaucaire in modern clothes. By that, I mean a hero who is believed by all to be a villain but who, in the end, is introduced as a man of great honor with a long list of decorations.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Working with Rajamouli and Karan is home ground for me now, having worked with them for such a long time.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel dull when I am unable to see my mother for long. So, when I am in Hyderabad, I spend time with her.
- Old Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
In youth, the days are short and the years are long. In old age, the years are short and days long.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you want people to follow you for a long time, you have to keep them coming back and wanting more.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love working with Chanel, and long may it reign, to be honest. I hope it lasts forever.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have spent too long training myself to speak with an American accent, it's ingrained. I spend 16 hours a day on set speaking with an American accent. Now, when I try to speak with an Aussie accent, I just sound like a caricature of myself.
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school I was the dog, always, and I never have felt comfortable or right in my body, and part of my whole exhibitionist thing has probably been a way of testing to see whether or not I really was this repulsive creature that I felt like for so long.
- Nov 07, 2020
I justified it in so many ways. I had a very, very long and difficult struggle with my sexuality.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020