Mark Helprin
Related My father was an entrepreneur - a sign maker, and he had about 20 employees - and often he'd tak... BERNARD L. SCHWARTZ Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON JOHN TERRY LAILA ALI KARAN JOHAR JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL I've built a career in Asia for 18 years, playing roles that had nothing to do with my race beca... DANIEL WU It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I asked him if he ever hung out with black guys in high school and he said, 'Well, no. They alwa... AL ROKER JUNE CARTER CASH I had left school at 16, gone to stage school - and, until I was 22, I hadn't really played anyo... LESLEY MANVILLE 'Halo' I wrote with my grandpa in his nursing home. When I went to visit him, he'd often... ABIGAIL WASHBURN AUGUST WILSON 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 CHARLES FRAZIER SHRADDHA KAPOOR IGGY AZALEA Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two arti... DANA PERINO I'm a war baby: I was brought up with rationing, and my parents always had to struggle. I rememb... CAMERON MACKINTOSH MIKE BIRBIGLIA He decided to plunge on with pardons over the department's objections, or where he knew that the... BARBARA OLSON Several of the actors I've had the good fortune of working with stand out in my mind as 'ult... BARRY PEPPER LISA KLEYPAS VICTORIA JUSTICE What I've been doing with my misfit, so-called acting career in film from day one on my first fi... JEREMY DAVIES JEAN DUJARDIN ROBERT WILSON HARVEY KEITEL VINCE VAUGHN With my father and uncle so involved in racing, it was the only thing I ever knew, so I'm sure t... JACQUES VILLENEUVE I remember my first scene with Alan Rickman, and I was anxious because he is a slight 'method... TOM FELTON I had a growing career as a model and an actress in London - I had starred opposite Michael Caine an... PERSIS KHAMBATTA He was just a young kid and every day he would take a cab from the bakery, which I think was on Oxfo... DON BRANKLEY 'Entertainment Tonight' would send me out to do interviews with musicians like Sting and Col... JOHN TESH My mother Molly had a nervous breakdown after my father Chic died, aged 50. He was a very generous m... BRIAN COX Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH DAVID THEWLIS I went to London and performed in Eric Clapton's concert at the Royal Albert Hall. I'll work... CAROLE KING I'd love to do a film with Michael Fassbender. He's one of my heroes. I think he's absol... JACK REYNOR I had a teacher senior year in high school. He was a theater teacher, and he basically was a little ... D. B. SWEENEY KHLOE KARDASHIAN BILL NIGHY Prior to my father's death, I was having a hard time committing to a career as an artist, but th... KIKI SMITH It would be a dream to do a film with Pedro Almodovar and that whole crew of Spaniards. There's ... JULIE GONZALO In my relationship with a young guy I was going with in a band - his name was Sylvester, and I think... BARBARA LYNN I always play with long sleeves because Beckham always did it. He is my idol. He had a lot of class ... ANTOINE GRIEZMANN TIGER WOODS SALMA HAYEK Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make. The nice... LETA GANDOLFINI Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make, ... The ... JAMES GANDOLFINI 'Fukrey' was a major turning point of my career because it was post this film that I started... ALI FAZAL I was the Chair of the WIFF Foundation, which is the philanthropic arm of Women In Film. The foundat... SHARON LAWRENCE My father would go shopping, and he was supposed to buy loo roll or something, but he'd always c... TOM PARKER BOWLES ELI ROTH ANNE FRANK Had anyone told me that I was going to have a career in business, I would have said, 'No way.... CARLY FIORINA STEVE SABOL We went up and visited him and slept on the floor with him. He had blankets and pillows, linens, but... HERMAN MORRIS RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Werner Herzog, when I auditioned for 'Bad Lieutenant,' he had never seen any of my films. He... JENNIFER COOLIDGE ROBERT FISK ACE FREHLEY I was lucky enough to have parents with a huge film library. My mum is a huge Bollywood film geek. W... JACKY IDO A man never apologizes for the fact that he has to work. He might say, 'Hey, I am so sorry my ho... RANEY ARONSON-RATH JON LOVITZ I would still work with Mel Gibson! He's talented, man! Come on, he came up with 'Apocalypto... ISAIAH WASHINGTON AKKINENI NAGARJUNA I've had teammates I didn't get along with, who hasn't? I've never had a teammate ca... CURT SCHILLING JOE GIBBS ERNEST HEMINGWAY Sammy Sosa? Everybody knew who Sammy was, paid attention to Sammy. I had already signed in pro ball ... ALFONSO SORIANO LEE KUAN YEW FRANK ABAGNALE My grandfather made films on God, I make it on the devil, so, I wonder what he would say if he was a... VIKRAM ROHIT SHETTY GREG GRAFFIN JOHN CUSACK SARAH GADON LINDSAY LOHAN Roy just gave me a call. He had been talking to some friends and thinking about what he wanted to do... JIM THOMAS CLARENCE THOMAS Everybody's had their differences with President Trump. He's a polarizing president, but I t... RALPH NORMAN KANGANA RANAUT CRAIG FERGUSON When I was little it was a great time for film-making, with stuff like Mike Nichols' 'Silkwo... SAFFRON BURROWS When I met David Green at film school he always used to offer free haircuts - he was kind of an arti... DANNY MCBRIDE I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid... HERB RITTS Shyam Benegal has found a lovely voice in this film. We've all seen the kind of cinema he's ... BOMAN IRANI It's a very difficult thing losing a parent, but I think there's an added complication for m... KATE BECKINSALE (Reese) had no idea how to take care of this kind of project, ... but he remembered that he had a fr... JAMES STRICKLAND I hadn't gotten him any proper training, and he was throwing the ball better than kids in high schoo... DAN POWERS I hadn't gotten him any proper training, and he was throwing the ball better than kids in high schoo... DAN POWERS PRIYANKA CHOPRA RAM DASS SALLY KELLERMAN I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX ADAM BRAUN My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with th... SHAQUILLE O'NEAL CHRISTINE KEELER His thought process when he signed that deal was that he had a chance to be with the Red Sox for lif... GREGG CLIFTON
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MARK BILLINGHAM MARK TWAIN I miss both of my parents terribly every day, but especially as we approach Thanksgiving. We always ... MARK SHRIVER MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN We shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them. MARK SKOUSEN The travel and tourism industry is the lifeblood of many states around the country - including Flori... MARK FOLEY MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK ZUCKERBERG MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK WARNER MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK ZUCKERBERG MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN There was a point when I was 15 or 16 that I realized that my father wanted me to be a loner. I deci... MARK VONNEGUT MARK ZANDI Human cultural diversity is vast; the range of cultural practices, beliefs, and languages that we sp... MARK PAGEL I made my name and reputation DJing in hip-hop clubs in New York. 'Celebrity DJ' is a term t... MARK RONSON MARK FRAUENFELDER MARK TWAIN I think a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't. MARK GATISS MARK MCKINNON MARK TWAIN MARK ZUCKERBERG MARK HOPKINS Launching a Broadway show is like no other endeavor. It's taxing because you're present - it... MARK HAMILL What? No one wants my bouquet! Somebody better pick it up! Somebody better pick up my bouquet! 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Don't worry abou... MARK RONSON Well, right now we're so busy that I kind of had to put all the hobbies on hold. But I like goin... MARK KELLY I have traveled down this path before - 'List of Seven' and 'Twin Peaks' both have t... MARK FROST We have pension funds with 1.5 trillion euros investments, and they want to find business opportunit... MARK RUTTE We need not to just kill the boat-smuggling business model: we also need to get rid of this asylum-s... MARK RUTTE MARK ZUCKERBERG MARK ZANDI The best person to get something done is a busy person. MARK BURNETT The Romney candidacy is better than it was four years ago, but it's not clear that it's good... MARK STEYN MARK MCKINNON MARK MCKINNON Mom's dad was in the army, stormed the beach at Normandy, fought through the French hedgerows, t... MARK HOPPUS MARK ZANDI MARK WAHLBERG When I'm in the middle of making a movie, I have blinders on; it's all about just getting th... 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I had a little teddy bear called Gordon the gopher. I took him to bed with me, he'd come to scho... 
I never ran with my dad. He was old-school. He had a whole different idea of training. He ran in ste... 
My mother was keen that I complete my graduation and never ever wanted me to be in the movies, as my... 
Bob Fosse, even though he wasn't gay. He was certainly queer and had a huge effect on the 'H... 
He's just like my father that way-my father just adored my mother and let her do whatever she wa... 
I had always been fascinated with Napoleon because he was a self-made emperor; Victor Hugo said, ... 
I remember my father checking on a mountain kid who hadn't been coming to school. My father had ... 
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T.I.'s my mentor; he's a really close friend of mine. I call him my brother like we talk on ... 
I majored in screenwriting and playwriting in school - and wanted to make films as a career. But whe... 
Stop running from me and listen. I do want you. I want you even knowing if I marry you, I’ve got a... 
Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off o... 
It was actually quite easy to work with Uggie, because he's a really well trained dog. Very tale... 
I had dinner with Marlene Dietrich in the early 1970s. I went to pick her up and she had someone wit... 
It's a very, very fascinating story for me, cause it's about a man who's been doing bad;... 
I love Snoop. I worked with him on 'Old School,' and he's very accessible. He's very... 
I can remember, after I started doing films, my mum began going to more arthouse films. She went to ... 
I bought Justin Bieber's house... He had, like, this nook under the stairs which I didn't ne... 
I've worked with Len Wiseman before, on the 'Underworld' series, in which I was a vampir... 
My father had always called me Sam since the day I was born. He rarely ever called me Tiger. I would... 
When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career.... 
I look at careers like Ben Stiller and think that's a great career to have where you're doin... 
This morning I lay in the bathtub thinking how wonderful it would be if I had a dog like Rin Tin Tin... 
My Dad hated his job. He sold overcoats, but he wanted to make movies. He had a failed career workin... 
In the music business, to survive for so long, you have to be able to cut off from your emotions som... 
We are constantly trying to cope with what our fathers or our grandfathers did. I wrote the book ... 
I went to my friend's house one day, and he had an electric guitar he had just bought with a tin... 
I agreed with everything he was saying when he ran for president. I was listening to what he said. I... 
Films like 'Namo Venkateshaya' give immense satisfaction, happiness, and makes us feel bless... 
My mother and grandmother had me in church, and I was the kid that played in church. But pastor was ... 
Like all men with a faculty that surpasses human requirements, his father was very nervous. Then, to... 
I've got one grandson gone to MIT. Another grandson had been in the American school here. Becaus... 
I was very blessed it was Steven Spielberg who made the movie. He was very much into the redemption ... 
In the 1970s, we had Carl Sagan, and he was so suave with his turtleneck and his tweed jacket. And h... 
I grew up in Evanston and lived in Chicago for a long time, in Old Town and Wrigleyville. I did thre... 
Since 'A Dangerous Method,' I've had meetings with everyone from J.J. Abrams to the prod... 
I did get to work with Anthony Hopkins on 'The Human Stain.' If I ever manage to accomplish ... 
My grandfather, as I said, was industrious. He'd had a variety of jobs and decided sometime in t... 
Initially, I wanted to do films with A-list actors when I was struggling. I was hoping that I could ... 
When I went out on tour as Bing Hitler I would hook up with Lenny and we'd get drunk together. H... 
I lost my dad two years ago to cancer, and before he died, I asked him to write 'Daddy's Lit... 
I remember my first visit with my guru. He had shown that he read my mind. So I looked at the grass ... 
I had just had small parts in other films, and I'd worked with a lot of directors in TV. 
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As long as you have life and breath, believe. Believe for those who cannot. Believe even if you have... 
If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal. 
The universe is still and complete. Everything that ever was, is; everything that ever will be, is -... 
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. 
My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water. 
The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession. 
When Facebook was getting started, nothing used real identity - everything was anonymous or pseudony... 
My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But mos... 
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There is no better way to quickly buoy hard-pressed homeowners than helping them take advantage of t... 
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