- Nov 07, 2020
Think Quotes
Quotes that share what people really think.
Many quotes here open with a direct 'I think,' offering personal beliefs - some lighthearted, like using comedy as a defense, others sobering, including grim predictions about where humanity is headed. A few weigh in on cryptography and the future of communication, a subject also touched on in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It strikes me as hubris that Universal will buy EMI. What it will do is create a super-major that will have far too much power... I think when Universal goes up over 40 percent market share, I don't see how reasonable regulators can countenance. It will impact not just labels, but artists and cultural diversity.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People talk about perfect timing, but I think everything is perfect in its moment; you just want to capture that.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want everybody to run at the same speed as me. But some people are more conscientious, they think more and they plan more. And they're more careful.
- Lean
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- Nov 07, 2020
Animals in the wild are lean, and I think we should be too.
- Religion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inhale Wikipedia - which may have some things wrong in it, but I think is generally more information than we had before. Last tour we didn't have Wikipedia. And then Discovery Channel and History Channel. I can take it in and retain what I think are the most important facts.
- Gangster
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- Nov 07, 2020
I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sometimes think if I had gone to Oxford or Cambridge and looked like a handsome young guy who could be in an Evelyn Waugh novel or something, I'd be a massive movie star. But there's a longevity to what I do. It's more reliable. Someone isn't deciding that I'm the next big thing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm used to being in front of camera and knowing what to think. But if you're asking me to be me, I get very self-conscious. My job isn't to be me. Being an actor, people think you can do a eulogy at a funeral, a speech at a wedding. I find all that very nerve-racking.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I think of character actors, I think of Spencer Tracy; I think of Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall. When I was a young lad watching films, my eyes were on them - watching 'On the Waterfront,' my eyes are on Rod Steiger and Karl Malden, not on Brando.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always think of Gilbert Norrell as being Salieri to Jonathan Strange being Mozart.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020