Simon McBurney Quotes

I spent the majority of time at school trying to break the rules. I would climb to the top of buildings; I even burned a building down once - not intentionally, just because I was interested in fire. I remember going through the rule book, ticking off the ones I had broken and looking for the ones I hadn't.

Simon McBurney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 25, 1957

Topics

TimeFireBrokenSchoolClimbBook

I do not think that a museum needs to engage with pop culture in order to make itself interesting to museumgoers. Museums are already interesting and engaging with pop culture for its own sake is just a quick way to seem and become dated.

John Hodgman

CultureThinkInterestingMuseumWay

I say you play a part, you don't work one.

John Hurt

WorkYouPlaySayPart

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

Maurice Chevalier

AgeOld AgeYouBadOldAlternative

There is no alternative to peace. There is no sense to go to war.

Shimon Peres

PeaceWarGoNo SenseSense

Anyone watching '30 Rock' always knew Tina Fey was playing a fictionalized version of herself, a workaholic comedy writer who also plays one on TV. She's the boss; Liz Lemon just works here.

Rob Sheffield

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I don't like losing. I don't want to lose. I don't want to be associated with losers.

Rohan Marley

LosingLoseWantLikeLosers

One of the things about the con artist lifestyle is that all the romance is sort of sloppy and fast and loose.

Matt Bomer

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I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look and a willingness to cooperate.

Joni Mitchell

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I love monsters.

China Mieville

LoveMonstersI Love

It may sound very strange, but I love the freedom that writing a novel gives me. It is an unhindered experience. If I come after a bad day, I can decide that my protagonist will die on page 100 of my novel in a 350-page story.

Ashwin Sanghi

LoveFreedomExperienceDayMeDie

Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.

William Shakespeare

ManAboveMightGodsDwells

I certainly had an arrogant streak. And I certainly was defensive in certain cases. Maybe I'm still arrogant, but I try not to be.

Peter Bogdanovich

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