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I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white.


Alan Ladd

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LLEYTON HEWITT When people who are not black are interested in what I do, frankly, I'm always surprised. I don&...
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ALAN CURBISHLEY There may be players wanting to leave, and obviously I have a surplus in the forward area, so this w...
ALAN CURBISHLEY I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.
ALAN CUMMING Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?
ALAN CUMMING It's a sort of anti-Broadway musical. It's odd, disjointed and spiky.
ALAN CUMMING Nowadays people don't know how to handle it if all the ends aren't tied up and they're not told what...
ALAN CUMMING It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.
ALAN CUMMING It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.
ALAN CUMMING When Brian went by me, I thought he was some guy that jumped on the course.
ALAN CULPEPPER In Athens, I was running in long sleeves and pants in the summertime to acclimate as much as I could...
ALAN CULPEPPER If I were not a writer, I would spend more time doing the things that I am already doing, which incl...
ALAN LIGHTMAN At this point, our office is going to prepare to go to trial again, ... We believe the jury will com...
ALAN CURRY We haven't made a decision yet. I think there's several options open to us and that's something work...
ALAN CURRY Andrea Yates knew precisely what she was doing, ... She knew that it was wrong.
ALAN CURRY He has come here to gain experience, and nothing can happen until December anyway. I believe Gary Ne...
ALAN CURBISHLEY I left some of the boys out completely to have a rest,
ALAN CURBISHLEY We moved in straight away, and although he was publicly linked with other clubs, we were always conf...
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