Jez Butterworth Quotes

My father got a trade union scholarship to Oxford; he lived and breathed politics; he was always watching current-affairs programmes. But I have a five-year-old child's attitude towards the news. Mainly, that it absolutely turns me off.

Jez Butterworth

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FatherAttitudePoliticsChildMe

You can do a hell of a film if you can understand what it is to be a man in America.

Jim Brown

ManHellAmericaYouUnderstand

I'm not an activist, I'm an actor. I don't want to be an activist.

John Cho

WantActorActivist

You've got Americans who are making Amazon and Facebook and Twitter. That level of American needs to run future government.

Megan Smith

FutureGovernmentAmericanYouRun

A lot of times in films, the protagonist is either the leader of the group or the nerd of the group. I've never identified with either of those things.

Max Joseph

LeaderGroupNeverThingsNerdLot

You look around the world in 2013, and you say, 'How many prime ministers or presidents are in prison?' One or two. 'How many generals or bankers?' Two or three. 'But how many writers?' 850 or so.

John Ralston Saul

WorldPrisonYouLookThreeSay

I love caper films.

Steven Soderbergh

LoveI LoveFilms

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

Ronald Reagan

PeacePeopleFreeChooseWill

I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

PeoplePerformanceYouSeeMissGet

I have to focus and keep things together as much as anyone with a real job... It's just that I know, from experience, that the more fun I have doing something that the more successful it will be.

Lou Barlow

ExperienceFocusTogetherJobFun

I never wanted to get paid by the hour. If I was going to do more work than another guy, I wanted to get paid more.

Jason Blum

WorkMoreNeverGuyGoingPaid

Anything can go wrong, but you can't think about it all the time. You have to enjoy every moment.

JoJo Siwa

TimeMomentThinkEnjoyYouWrong

I would say I had anger-management issues, to be honest with you. But it was only on the football field.

Doug Baldwin

FootballYouSayHonestTo Be Honest

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