Simon McBurney Quotes

I don't recall making a conscious decision to become an actor. I just remember winning a prize at a theatre festival when I was 17 and saying: 'Oh, that's what I have to do.'

Simon McBurney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Anyone who's traveled with me to Afghanistan knows why I love this book: 'War,' by Sebastian Junger.

Joe Biden

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You can't blame movies for embracing spectacle; filmmakers since D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. De Mille have loved spectacle, and spectacle is something that movies convey like no other medium, especially in a digital age.

Steve Erickson

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My mom would always read a book to me at night from when I was three. Now, I can't go to sleep without reading a book. At the same time, once I read, it's difficult for me to go to sleep, as I have an overactive imagination and I start thinking.

Sonam Kapoor

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I've always been pessimistic about China. I can't see China going on without economic or social issues.

Ronnie Chan

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I have a fantastic method for anti-ageing. It's eating. Plumps out your skin beautifully.

Miranda Hart

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Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient.

Milton Berle

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I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.

Liv Tyler

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Uruguayans are competitive, and we always want to win. Even though we try to hide it, it is impossible.

Diego Godin

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I was on the SWAT team in the FBI, and I had always wanted to be in SWAT.

Christopher Voss

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People never know what's going on while it's happening. You think, during the Renaissance, people called it 'The Renaissance'?

Anne Meara

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Silence is refreshment for the soul.

Wynonna Judd

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I love a well-plotted story. But I'm just not that kind of writer, and it's not necessarily by choice. When I manipulate plot, I feel I lose authenticity.

Alice McDermott

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