- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Exhibit
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember as a child going to an exhibit about the Soviet Union, and every paper had this alien smell. The paper and the ink were all exported. It was like a piece of cheese from that country, you could touch it, feel it, smell it, and it was different.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My enthusiasm for L.A. stems from my father, who was a lecturer in American literature at the University of Birmingham. Through his work, our family did several house swaps with L.A. families. It was a dreadfully daring thing to do in the early 1980s; there was no Internet, so you had no idea of what you were getting into.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to stay true to the character, true to the irony, and allow the irony to happen.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
Probably one of the reasons I became a comedian is that you get a chance to control when people laugh at you.
- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.
- Amazing Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
That was one of the amazing things about Doctor Who. Considering it is such an enormous charabanc, a centerpiece of international TV, it feels incredibly small when you are actually involved in it. It is very intimate, very small; it feels like a few people messing about with a camera.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the saddest things I've ever done is download 'I'm A Teenage Dirtbag' by Wheatus and play along with it with my headphones on. Oh, God. If you were to walk in and see me do that, you would really worry for me.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
My kids are blissfully unaware of anything I do. I asked my four-year-old, Harrison, what I did, and he said, 'You're an electrician.' He must have seen me changing a lightbulb.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!
- Lazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's great to do stuff that 'gets you out of the house' in a way - that gets you to meet other people!
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
You need to take a little break sometimes. Then, hopefully, you get some more lead in your pencil, and you're raring to go again!
- Nov 07, 2020
I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.
- First Law
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- Nov 07, 2020