It's always more interesting to take on someone that's going to have hidden sides or a fatal flaw, because there's going to be more to play with - more conflict, internally or in and around them - but it's probably the thing of finding the positive in there.
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Related Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI The truth is not a bidimensional thing; it's not flat. It's rounded; it's like a sphere,... EDGAR RAMIREZ Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that'... CLIVE OWEN I love to act, but business is more interesting because it's more competitive and involves more ... LARRY WILCOX It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON What's interesting about books that take place in the future, even twenty years in the future, i... ALBERT BROOKS It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON There will always be competition, especially in showbiz. There's always someone younger and hung... PREITY ZINTA It's almost inevitable there's going to be an escalation on both sides. BILL LUTHER It's hard because you can't legislate creative diversity. I think it's more that the gam... AISHA TYLER I always have a lot of things going on because some things take years to make and others take five m... URS FISCHER I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES But don't get caught out there looking goofy. It's weird. When you do something that stinks,... JAMIE FOXX The Recovery Act is working, but it's going to continue to work. It's not over. A lot's ... JOE BIDEN With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there... DAN FUTTERMAN It's always great to have a purpose of a meeting and an ending for it, but it's even more im... HANS VESTBERG On a film set, for me, there's so much more time to process what's going on than there is on... TAYLOR SCHILLING There's a phrase in Shakespeare: he refers to it as the 'hidden imposthume', and this id... SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE In 'Guild Wars 2,' the dragons are the greatest threat, but there's so much more going o... JEFF GRUBB There's always going to be bumps in the road. There's always going to be this and that, adve... ODELL BECKHAM, JR. You want to play for a guy who's going to be there for you. He's going to lead you. He's... SAM BRADFORD If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way many write, you... DOROTHY STRATTEN With 'Girls'... I feel like there's an impulse to try to make it look better or neater o... ADAM DRIVER There's going to be different kinds of challenges on a yearly basis. You're going to have to... JEFF FISHER People talk about love and it seems like a cliche but it's a real thing - the more love we sprea... BEN VEREEN How about no one's ever going to outsell Michael Jackson at selling records because the record i... WILL.I.AM I think there's much more fashion competition in the more junior levels of the fashion departmen... HAMISH BOWLES To play a cop's wife - there's so much in that world, the wives or partners of anyone who is... AMY CARLSON There's more depth to Lionel. What I am finding so interesting about playing him is there's ... JOHN GLOVER I think Amsterdam is to Holland what New York is to America in a sense. It's a metropolis, so it... ANTON CORBIJN I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL There's always going to be someone as funny as you or funnier. WILL FERRELL The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it's going to become mult... ELON MUSK There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether to let it affect you or not... VALERIE BERTINELLI I wanted to have more songs with religious backgrounds. The Christmas record has strong, traditional... SCOTTY MCCREERY I think 'Disney Infinity' is exciting. It's hard to even call it a video game, because i... JOHN LASSETER In the next couple of years, part of every film's process is going to be to adjust the images. A... ROBERT ZEMECKIS I like the idea that you can paint something outdoors, and anyone can see it. It's open to anyon... BARRY MCGEE There's nothing New York likes more than a thing. Or a place. Or a place that's a thing. Or ... HARI KUNZRU There's this existential argument that comes in, at some point, when you're over-thinking th... CHRIS CORNELL It's more dangerous to be a friend or relative of Jackie Chan in the star's movies than it i... ELVIS MITCHELL That's always a fun thing to play, a relationship where there's equals. I often play roles t... LAILA ROBINS I just think TV is becoming more and more interesting in a way. Films are more and more derivative, ... JOE ABERCROMBIE Grief is like a moving river, so that's what I mean by it's always changing. It's a stra... MICHELLE WILLIAMS There's only so many things to sing about, so what's going to make a song appeal to you more... JAKOB DYLAN It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a p... BRANFORD MARSALIS I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that... CALVIN KLEIN You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a ... FELICITY JONES Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most powerfu... ANITA RODDICK Working on 'Downton Abbey' is amazing, but there's an ensemble cast of between 18 and 21... ROB JAMES-COLLIER Books are a little better movies than just screenplays because there's more fat on the bone. The... MIKE BINDER In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been wi... DOUGLAS ADAMS There's a lot we can do to improve American's retirement security, but it's wrong to rep... HARRY REID I like to play the grey areas in life - that's the most uncomfortable place to be. Nobody likes ... MELANIE LYNSKEY Sometimes it's the lead, but there are not always leads out there, so then it's an interesti... HOLLY HUNTER It's a reality that in this business there's an expectation of being thin. But having a baby... EMILY PROCTER Maybe it's just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it'... BJORK There's more people to ignore in New York or Boston than there are in Milwaukee, but I would sti... ZACK GREINKE Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring ... MOS DEF When you play against dirty players or very tough players, it's easy to escape because you know ... PELE There's no such thing as identity: it's something we have to believe in to make life more to... SEBASTIAN FAULKS There's a fine line between playing through things and sitting out. I was always on the side of,... VERNON WELLS I think what's going to happen with linear television is it's going to become more linear. I... TED SARANDOS There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me ... JACK NICKLAUS What's so interesting about 'Point Break' to me is that it's a study of testosterone... JOHN C. MCGINLEY The truth is when you have a movie that was as successful as 'Chronicle' was, it's not a... MAX LANDIS And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. The... DJ JAZZY JEFF There is etiquette in golf, but it's not any harder to learn than what to do at a dinner party. ... PAULA CREAMER Love what you do. There's always going to be someone else who's smarter than you, but there&... IVANKA TRUMP I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a r... J. COLE If I'm going to do something a little bit more adult, I'll do it if it's going to be on ... MELISSA JOAN HART I wish I had more confidence. I think that's probably my Achilles' heel. If I had more, I pr... BECK The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mas... SUSAN GEORGE The more a nation gets into darkness, the more it's going to hate the light. The more it's g... RAY COMFORT It's great to make your own choices, but there's a price to pay. I could've made more mo... MICHAEL KEATON I think whenever people talk about the 'Anna Sui woman,' they're talking about someone t... ANNA SUI There's probably more history now preserved underwater than in all the museums of the world comb... ROBERT BALLARD It's so hard to write about countries like Haiti because there's truths behind the mispercep... ROXANE GAY You need to have camaraderie in the clubhouse. Wherever you're working, be it a baseball team or... PAT GILLICK There's nothing more painful than something that's superficially upbeat but you can kind of ... GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS Love is a really scary thing, and you never know what's going to happen. It's one of the mos... ARIANA GRANDE I very often get that question: 'What is your real profession?' That's because in Sweden... ERLAND JOSEPHSON The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to ... BEN FOSTER I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in Cali... AARON RODGERS The more people love you, the more there's going to be people that hate you. KYLIE JENNER There's more to anybody. Just because you haven't noticed it, that's your problem, that&... AL LEWIS So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's jus... KURT LODER The whole world is set up so that for places like Switzerland to exist, that are crime-free and with... DAMIAN MARLEY I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating o... TAYLOR SWIFT It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Brana... ANTHONY HOPKINS With kiting, you have to land a trick, and in that instant you know whether you won or lost - I knew... MAIKA MONROE Obviously, there's more to aesthetic appearance than just race, but that is going to be the firs... SAM YAGAN With roasting, you've really got to bring your A-game. I hate to admit it, but I probably think ... JEFF ROSS With tech companies, whoever's the leader is always questioned, you know. They say, 'Is this... BILL GATES My favorite crypted is definitely Yeti because it's once removed. It's not as popular as Big... RHYS DARBY I've been on a team that won the world championship of barbecue. But barbecue's interesting,... NATHAN MYHRVOLD We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what yo... VICTORIA LEGRAND
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AIDAN QUINN I get to do interesting roles and make a living. AIDAN QUINN I would love, more than anything, to do an out-and-out farce with huge physical energy. Just because... AIDAN QUINN I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn'... AIDAN QUINN Money is just something to be circulated. AIDAN QUINN Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek. AIDAN QUINN You have to make them laugh and then make them listen. AIDAN QUINN I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I've gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on se... AIDAN QUINN My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who... AIDAN QUINN I had to bring myself back down to being a normal person again. AIDAN QUINN I can't control how people are going to react. I try not to worry about what I can't control... AIDAN QUINN I'm not a city kind of guy. I'm happiest when I'm tromping through the woods. That's... 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Sometimes there only is , and... AIDAN CHAMBERS I want to spend the night alone in a haunted mansion. I wouldn't say I'm sceptical because t... AIDAN TURNER a joy that hurts with sadness a sadness that is pleasurable a pleasure full of terror AIDAN CHAMBERS Things it helps me to remember When in a bad mood, keep quiet or still. Baggy jumpers don�... AIDAN CHAMBERS I want to do a lot more roles like I did in 'This Is My Father,' AIDAN QUINN It seemed to be able to mine the craziness of everyday living in this busy world. I loved the way it... AIDAN QUINN It's a family drama dealing with these people and about their lives. Talking to Jesus, it's really k... AIDAN QUINN