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Simon Bird Quotes

I always felt that my way into comedy would be through my writing rather than my acting.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: english
Birth: August 19, 1984

Topics

Writing Comedy Acting Way Always

I was a natural drama queen when I was younger. I was always doing impersonations and showing off.

Queen Doing Drama Always Natural

'Sweetback' represented an economic tour de force because I had no partners; I own it.

Melvin Van Peebles

Own Force Economic Because Tour Had

For 'Jeremiah Johnson,' nobody wanted to make that film. I went to Sydney Pollack, and I said, 'Sydney, I live in the mountains, and I would like to make a film about a person that had to exist in the mountains and survive in the mountains.'

Live Mountains Survive Person Nobody

Celebrity has become, for better or worse, an art form. An artist can use themselves as a medium to become a celebrity as a walking work of art.

Work Art Better Walking Artist Form

If it's tough believing what you believe, then maybe it's time to move. But if you are someone who militantly enforces your opinion about anything, then you need to get out of town.

Time Opinion Tough Believe Someone

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

John Ralston Saul

Competition Naive Anarchy Metaphor

My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Ralph Willis, Lonnie Johnson, Brownie McGhee and the three Kings, B.B., Albert and Freddie. Jazz-wise, I listened to Django, Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery.

King City Kings Country Blues Three

I've dabbled in period films in my career, and I've enjoyed each one.

Career Enjoyed Period Each Each One

The budget on cable television is dramatically less than network television.

Budget Television Than Less Network

That's so different in Hong Kong when I'm using my own mother language, I can treat the line in one thousand different ways, with many different reactions.

Mother Treat Language I Can My Own

For me, it was never a question of whether or not I was transgender. It was a question of what I'd be able to handle transitioning and having to do it in the public eye. One of the issues that was hard for me to overcome was the fear of that.

Fear Me Eye Overcome Never Hard

I am always looking for the next show.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I Am Looking Always Next Show Am

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