Tom Hollander Quotes

When I started in the profession, there were very visible actors who were Scottish, Welsh, or regional. Lots of working-class-hero leading actors; it was not fashionable to sound posh. Now, I'm middle-aged; it's fashionable to sound posh if you are the generation behind me.

Tom Hollander

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 25, 1967

Topics

MeGenerationYouNowSoundStarted

At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.

Jimmy Carter

WorkSupportOppressionHumanHeroes

There is a lot of propaganda about opera singers not being able to act. That's not necessarily true and hasn't been true for a very long time. And certainly there were those instances when singers were told they need to fit into a certain size dress. Of course, women. Men? They just make the costume bigger.

Jessye Norman

WomenTimeMenDressLongLong Time

To have nothing to do, to sit there waiting for little aches and pains, is fundamentally wrong. Life has to be lived.

Johannes Heesters

LifeWaitingWrongNothingLived

It is the responsibility of Afghanistan's new government to gain better control over the country's administration and to resolutely fight the drug trade and corruption.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

ResponsibilityGovernmentFightNew

Rap is definitely a youthful expression.

Mekhi Phifer

RapExpressionYouthfulDefinitely

Our young people - their capacities to think, understand, investigate, and innovate - are America's future.

Robert Reich

FuturePeopleThinkAmericaYoung

Art is more than a series of images that are disembodied. Art is objects that live in real places, economies, spaces, architecture.

Trevor Paglen

LiveArtArchitecturePlacesMore

I competed with Yahoo for 15-1/2 years, and the one thing I tried to do over the years was desperately try to get a deal with them.

Ross Levinsohn

TryOverYearsGetDealOne Thing

With an award like the Asian Film Awards, we've sent a message saying that 'Asian Cinema is here, it matters, and more importantly, we are all part of the same fraternity!' The AFA is truly, then, an award for Asia, by Asia.

Michelle Yeoh

SayingAwardCinemaMattersAwards

The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat.

Michael Ondaatje

HistoryMomentThreeCoincidence

If you ask people where they go when they really need to get work done, very few will respond 'the office.' If they do say the office, they'll include a qualifier such as 'super-early in the morning before anyone gets in,' or 'I stay late at night after everyone's left,' or 'I sneak in on the weekend.'

Jason Fried

WorkMorningPeopleNightWeekend

I've never been in the ring with The Undertaker.

Dolph Ziggler

RingNeverBeenUndertaker

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