Simon Beaufoy Quotes

For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.

Simon Beaufoy

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There was originally no plan in place for me to become WWE champion. It felt like I became the No. 1 contender out of nowhere. I call what I did forcing the results. I wasn't happy with my position. I was putting in the work, but I wasn't getting the results. I was going to force the result no matter what the cost.

Jinder Mahal

WorkHappyMeChampionPlanResult

Don't write for who your reader is. Write for what your reader wants to be.

Jennifer A. Nielsen

WriteWhoYourWantsReader

Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness.

Jean Vanier

GrowthWeaknessAcceptBeginOwn

I do like playing the darker side of life but as much as the lighter side as well. They all resonate out of the same place, which is that everyone has a story to tell. Depending on their upbringing and their history, it determines who they are as an adult. My job is to take the role from there.

Michael Eklund

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I used a bike in London and that's it. I learnt a lot about biking, and really got into. Now I cycle regularly.

Jonny Lee Miller

BikeNowLondonUsedGotCycle

People who dance well, dress well, are well groomed and know how to behave seem to know others who dance, dress and behave well.

Don Cornelius

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I'm experimental by nature... always exploring my creativity.

Christina Aguilera

NatureCreativityExploringAlways

I've honestly been really lucky. My only jobs have been babysitting and acting.

Anne Hathaway

ActingLuckyOnlyBeenBabysitting

Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.

William Lyon Phelps

NatureLookLovelySenseSomeUntil

There are characters in movies who I call 'film characters.' They don't exist in real life. They exist to play out a scenario. They can be in fantastic films, but they are not real characters; what happens to them is not lifelike.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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I have had a singing teacher in L.A. for many, many years just to work on my voice as an actor.

Pierce Brosnan

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Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.

Thomas Hobbes

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