- Nov 07, 2020
Something Quotes
On possibility and ideas that don't fit a category.
These quotes use 'something' to point at ideas that resist easy labels: a genre dismissed as less than serious, alliances formed for practical reasons, and cultural needs that never fit a fixed category. For more, see our Doing quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything I've made - it doesn't mean they've all been good - but everything I've made so far, big or little, fiction or documentary, has been something that I've been really enthusiastic about.
- Missing
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- Nov 07, 2020
At certain points, I was afraid there was something - a missing chink of skill - that was going to prevent me from having a movie that was financially successful. That frightened me.
- Big Impact
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- Nov 07, 2020
Elizabeth Bishop in particular had a big impact on me personally as well as artistically. Her insistence on clarity is something I rate very highly.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
My biggest fear as an actor is being involved in something mediocre, or being mediocre myself.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to direct, I want to be part of something creative, something with quality.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest markets for my books outside the UK are France and Italy, and those are the two countries where I also have the closest personal relationships with my translators - I don't know whether that's a coincidence, or if there's something to be learned from it.
- Nov 07, 2020
The world wide web has really been quite spectacular and not something I would have predicted.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are things I wouldn't do when hosting, like get people up on stage or get the audience doing a sing-song or something like that.
- Song
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the air. I'm very concerned, very self-conscious about that.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I love about Vegas is that we have the mountains and the Strip. There is always something to do.
- Composite
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone has a different colour as an actor. And the composite of all those colours hopefully creates something that's fun to watch.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020