Brian Cox Quotes

The hardest thing to do in movies is be a day-part player. You have to go in, make your mark, and get out. There's a lot of leading actors who are not good for a lot of a movie, and then suddenly they have good moments, and they're like stepping-stones across a particularly feisty stream. They build careers out of that.

Brian Cox

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
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  • Birth: June 1, 1946

Topics

GoodMomentsYouGoMoviesBuild

Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them.

Jessica Lange

TimeYouPerfectSometimesAlong

Most photo shoots are a beautiful dress, a natural location, and poses.

Jenna Dewan

BeautifulDressLocationNatural

When Chinese get together - what's buried stays buried. We don't even discuss our embarrassing early days struggling in Chicago.

Anchee Min

TogetherGet TogetherEarlyChicago

The first time I flew after September 11, I honestly was a little paranoid. As I was going to the metal detector, I was looking at my duffel bag, and I'm like, 'Do I have anything that's like a weapon?' I was really paranoid they were gonna find something sharp, and I was gonna get in trouble.

Maz Jobrani

TimeLookingBagFindTroubleFirst

You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.

An Wang

FailureFutureMistakeSucceedYou

When I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.

Juan Williams

PeopleThinkYouKnowNervousSee

The insecurity that comes from being behind bars with, at best, imperfect oversight makes us all feel responsible only for ourselves. We end up either docile, apathetic, and unwilling to engage with each other, or hostile, angry, violent, and resentful.

Chelsea Manning

BestAngryInsecurityEndFeelUp

Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't.

Arthur Eddington

RestBodyUniformLineStraight Line

People now have been conditioned to believe they should only buy one song at a time, that nobody can make an entire record that would merit you paying, you know, $7, $8, $10 when CDs in the '90s were $18, $19 and people bought millions and millions and millions of them.

Brian McKnight

TimePeopleSongBelieveYouKnow

You need raw talent to be successful.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

TalentYouNeedSuccessfulRaw

Hip-hop, at its best, is disruptive.

Arca

BestHip-HopDisruptive

Not every innovation in transportation is going to come from government or even a large enterprise. There are smart people out there with tools and skills to come up with great ideas.

Anthony Foxx

InnovationGreatGovernmentSmart

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