You never saw Peter Sellers the actor trying to make you laugh. All he was doing was the character. What I'm saying is that I don't think you should know you're in a movie. I don't like it when actors are winking at the audience and saying, 'Right, isn't this funny? Are you with me?'
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Related I've learnt that you tend most to make a div of yourself when you're trying to cover up the ... CAITLIN MORAN Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH 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 When you get bullied, you automatically think that you're the reason why you're getting bull... KAT GRAHAM It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't li... JULIA ROBERTS I don't know if you know you're funny, but you enjoy being funny. I know I'm funny becau... GREG BEHRENDT To me, it's the kiss of death when you start winking at the audience as an actor. I just never l... THOMAS JANE I am not a fan of referencing your own work when it's in a different universe than what you'... JOSS WHEDON When the going gets tough, I'm not always sure what you do. I'm not saying that I know how t... JOHN MADDEN I get a lot of people saying to me, 'Oh, you're the actor who plays the nutters,' and I&... EDDIE MARSAN It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-de... VINCE VAUGHN I think it's very insulting to say, 'White people don't understand.' What are you ta... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE One of my biggest pet peeves is that I just don't like it when characters do things that are fun... GLENN HOWERTON I remember my oldest son, Steve, saying to me once, 'I don't ever remember seeing you with a... LAUREN BACALL To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.... D. B. SWEENEY I think to this day, 'Superman/Wonder Woman' is probably one of the trickiest things I'v... CHARLES SOULE I think when you're acting, you usually don't have to know too much beyond how to pronounce ... ALAN ALDA I'm not saying that what the radio plays isn't good. My issue is with what they don't pl... DJ JAZZY JEFF When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you'... TAYLOR KITSCH I don't know what I am. I guess you can call me a character actor in the sense that I'll nev... JENNIFER COOLIDGE I'm my own artist, and I see artists as movies. No one should try to change them for anything. I... ZEDD I'm scared of horses, and I don't know how to shoot them, but that's what excites me. Af... ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'... IAN MCKELLEN There was a time when all the actors were saying, 'We should get residuals on videogames.' I... NOLAN NORTH I think half the time I just assume I don't really know what I'm doing - you have to do that... EMILY MORTIMER It's funny when people ask an actor what they want to play next, because you don't get to de... DYLAN WALSH If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing. W. EDWARDS DEMING From Italy, I'd get calls from cousins and aunts saying, 'I don't think you should act. ... ENRICO COLANTONI You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like... BEBE REXHA I think, whenever you're doing anything, you don't want anyone anywhere to watch it and thin... CLAIRE FOY You know, Lincoln was funny. I don't think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln... AL FRANKEN I know what you're saying, but I already told you all the truth and I, I don't what, I don... WEN HO LEE Acting is about giving yourself away, like the U2 song 'With or Without You.' You just don... CATHERINE HICKS Even in the deepest love relationship - when lovers say 'I love you' to each other - we don&... DUANE MICHALS If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it. RAY BRADBURY Life is funny. If you don't laugh, you're in trouble. TAYLOR HAWKINS About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN Like, you can't tell a certain race, like, 'You're supposed to act this way, and you'... KREAYSHAWN I'm a mirror. If you're cool with me, I'm cool with you, and the exchange starts. What y... JAY-Z I was offered, within one year, three different witch roles. It was almost like the world was saying... MERYL STREEP Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattract... JOEL OSTEEN I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm... BO BURNHAM We got ratings. It isn't that they won't quarrel with you, or say you're always right. B... NORMAN LEAR My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don... MIRANDA LAMBERT When you're a guest star on a movie or a TV show, I always say it's like being invited to a ... ATO ESSANDOH I'm never going to write a book like Anthony Sher did, you know, 'The Broadcaster Prepares.&... TERRY WOGAN What we do is ridiculous! I think that even when what I'm doing is serious, even when I'm no... DAVID THEWLIS I will make up a crush, you hear me?! I will look at a guy and say, for two months at least, 'I ... ESTER DEAN I don't think you should try to be anything you're not. If you're not smiling all the ti... ELLE FANNING I think I'm a nervous laugher. Like, when you're in a situation that you don't know what... JACK MCBRAYER The camera or the microphone in the booth is merciless. If you don't believe what you're say... RIZ AHMED I understand that there are a few roles out there and tons of actors. Just because you don't get... GRACE GEALEY I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you... BEN STILLER I don't care what straight people do, I don't care what gay people do. I don't care what... ASAP ROCKY Let me put it this way: If you're sitting in a movie and you're watching me, and you say, ... MICHAEL CAINE I don't have people following me around, like bodyguards. I don't know how people live like ... ANTHONY HOPKINS I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on... TAYLOR SWIFT If you don't have a father, you don't miss it, because you don't know what it is. It was... GLORIA VANDERBILT I think what was frustrating to see a lot of good people go. You don't picture it, you don't... LATOYA LONDON Putting on a movie is like going to war - for me, at least. It's all about time; time is money, ... LEE DANIELS I don't think love should make you feel uneasy. When you feel sick, I don't think that's... ALEXA CHUNG Movies these days have made killers into funny people. What's that all about? I've got kids ... BILLY BOB THORNTON I have always thought it was a terrible shame that the women's movement didn't realise how m... NORA EPHRON I think the problem with people, as they start to mature, they say, 'Rap is a young man's ga... JAY-Z There's this old saying that, if you aren't particularly gifted in natural sciences, if you ... BERNHARD SCHLINK I never went to drama school, I don't have any certificates saying: 'He's a qualified ac... HUGH LAURIE I don't have any hobbies. You know, I'm very embarrassed when people ask me what are my hobb... IRWIN ROSE I don't necessarily want to know what people are saying when I'm not around, especially if i... LAURA VANDERVOORT I love to dance, so I'm definitely always the first one out on the dance floor. And when it come... KYLIE JENNER I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediat... PADMA LAKSHMI Pianos - if they don't like what you're saying, then they won't talk back to you. And yo... JASON MORAN Making a movie like 'Felony' is hard work because you're really putting your own ideas o... JOEL EDGERTON Everybody struggles with being an oddball. It's tough trying to fit in when you're a kid; th... NAOMIE HARRIS When you're happy you don't always have to be laughing, and when you're sad you don'... FREDDIE HIGHMORE Tell me that you don't like cartoons, and I think there's something wrong with you. I don... JOHN DIMAGGIO Did you know you can't say 'Jesus' in a sitcom? They told me that, and I was like, You g... TYLER PERRY I don't like the whole off-and-on thing. I don't like 'taking a break.' Either you... SELENA GOMEZ I love how, when you're a teenager, you're really opinionated, you're really right, you ... MAGGIE CAREY When you know what the male species is looking for - 'I'm not into a redhead,' 'I do... PATTI STANGER I don't think I'm old enough or experienced enough to give anyone any guidance. All I would ... SANIA MIRZA I read the script for 'Somnia' when I was filming 'Oculus,' and I remember calling m... KATEE SACKHOFF When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what... LARRY GAGOSIAN If you don't have a child, you're not a real woman. I know the ERA people will kill me for s... ERIN GRAY At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person, don't forget you're a moth... INDRA NOOYI I feel like every role you take, there's a part of you that obviously feels like you can do it. ... MILA KUNIS I want to live in my truth. Tell me you don't like me, and I know it. But when you don't tel... LEE DANIELS Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, tha... NORM MACDONALD You can't reinvent the wheel. I remember when we first started out at 'Late Night,' we w... JIMMY FALLON If you don't have a voice that forces you back to basics, you're a dangerous person. Or to p... STEVE WYNN I don't like getting up in front of people and being the loud one when everybody's out quiet... TRAVIS FIMMEL I don't really care how the Patriots are perceived, truthfully. I really don't. I really don... TOM BRADY You don't know what the country is ready for unless you're pushing that envelope, and I was ... WARREN LITTLEFIELD When you're young, you don't know what you don't know, so it's easier to get into th... GREG RUSEDSKI Actors live dependent on being validated by other people's opinions. I don't understand what... SHIA LABEOUF Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just t... MARY J. BLIGE
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STEVE PREFONTAINE It doesn't feel that good when you're ahead the whole way. STEVE PREFONTAINE If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself. But if it's a slo... STEVE PREFONTAINE This is my last year at Oregon, and it means a lot to me. The people have been great to me up there,... STEVE PREFONTAINE If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 me... STEVE PREFONTAINE Nobody likes tainted victories. STEVE PREFONTAINE No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me. STEVE PREFONTAINE What I want is to be number one. STEVE PREFONTAINE Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could ... STEVE PREFONTAINE Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took o... STEVE PREFONTAINE Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of thi... STEVE PREFONTAINE A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable ... STEVE PREFONTAINE When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that ha... STEVE PREFONTAINE I have a positive mental attitude, and I think I'm divine, but I also think it takes a heck of a... STEVE PREFONTAINE My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perf... STEVE PREFONTAINE Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something bea... STEVE PREFONTAINE A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish... STEVE PREFONTAINE To hell with love of country - I compete for myself. STEVE PREFONTAINE I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one ... STEVE PREFONTAINE It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain. STEVE PREFONTAINE Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back t... STEVE PREFONTAINE In January 2013, one could buy a Bitcoin for about $13. By late November, one Bitcoin would have set... STEVE HANKE In 2008, Bitcoin was mysteriously introduced to the world in an obscure, technical paper written und... STEVE HANKE Flourishing is everyone's birthright. I'm trying to break this hold that being smiley and ch... STEVE JURVETSON Birthplace of Obama: Oahu. Birthplace of Obama's budget policies: Neverland. STEVE BREEN White Americans believe we've made more progress since the end of slavery in 1865 than do black ... STEVE ERICKSON Nothing is black-and-white, except for winning and losing, and maybe that's why people gravitate... STEVE NASH We've been playing ugly. Without all of our bodies, we've been kicking it all over the shop,... STEVE NASH Since I was first nominated to serve as Treasury Secretary, I have been maligned as taking advantage... STEVE MNUCHIN When you play with Kobe Bryant, the ball is gonna be with him most of the time, which is understanda... STEVE NASH