David Thewlis Quotes

I've always tended to write comedy, but I'd hate to just write some kind of sitcom or a lighthearted series of jokes and slapstick. I wanted to talk about some deeper things within the comedy.

David Thewlis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 20, 1963

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I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I take fewer when I don't. Or if something really good comes along, I usually find a way to do a good job on it in the time that I've got.

John Sayles

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The dominant male is history. Could you see a male Lady Gaga? The closest we've got is Justin Bieber, who'd be locked up if he tried the stuff Gaga gets away with. Women are the only rock stars now. Adele is brutally honest. I want to be like her.

Tom Odell

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The 20th century saw three great-power confrontations. Two of them turned into total war. We lucked out on the third. Do we really want to roll those dice again?

Robert Zubrin

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I think doing The Improv is a little more ominous than doing a college campus because it was so different than anything I'd done.

Mick Foley

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That's one of the things I loved about Pride: the first round was ten minutes.

Demetrious Johnson

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I was never cut out to be a mother - I was no good.

Debbie Rowe

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When people ask me, 'Why don't you drink?' I usually smile and say 'Because I'm not good at it.'

Chris Gethard

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I've directed seven movies and know a thing or two about dealing with unexpected crises.

Penny Marshall

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I'm 25, but I was a kid on the set. But everybody was really great.

Shane West

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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

Richard Whately

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With girls, friendships are hard because you have to learn to get to a maturity level to love them but not want to be them.

Nikki Reed

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In my mind, a good leader would say, 'OK, I need to sit down and talk to the guys who oppose me. Let me let them voice their opinions; let me get their thought process.'

Mark Cuban

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