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I got a lot of flak; in Texas, football is not only the social thing you must do, but you do it also to prove your manhood. They all couldn't conceive of why I'd want to stop to do 'The Importance of Being Earnest.'

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 1, 1948

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FootballTexasYouStopWantWhy

In the beginning, we had a great deal of freedom, and Jerry wrote completely out of his imagination - very, very freely. We even had no editorial supervision to speak of, because they were in such a rush to get the thing in before deadline. But later on we were restricted.

Joe Shuster

FreedomGreatImaginationBeginning

The antitrust litigation currently in the federal courts in the U.S. against Monsanto will be the test case in the life sciences, just as the Microsoft case was the test case in the information sciences.

Jeremy Rifkin

LifeInformationTestWillAgainst

There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them.

John McCarthy

PromisesSocietyForgetMoreOrder

When you feel like this isn't your business, get out of the business.

Andy Lau

BusinessFeelYouOutGetYour

If a film is being made by an intelligent director, they're going to cast the right guy.

Tom Sturridge

IntelligentRightDirectorGuyGoing

As president of the American Historical Association, I started a programme to make dissertations into e-books in 1999. Before I knew it, I was involved in other electronic projects. Harvard invited me to become director of the libraries in 2007.

Robert Darnton

MeAmericanBecomePresidentHarvard

As soon as I know it's about technological things or spies, I lose interest. I want to know what goes on in people's minds.

Ruth Rendell

PeopleLoseKnowWantMindsThings

I'm one of the guys who wants to watch the film completely done, with special effects, sound and music, because I tend to get disappointed if I watch it not fully done.

Luke Ford

MusicDoneSpecialSoundWatchFilm

I only realized I could potentially make movies after seeing 'Ed Wood.'

Jon Watts

SeeingMoviesWoodOnlyMakeAfter

I actually love auditioning because I usually don't get the part. I've tested with Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise. So I've gotten to that point, and I understand when I don't get it. There are a lot of very talented people out there.

Deborah Kara Unger

LovePeopleUnderstandCruiseOut

During all of my writing career - this includes when I was writing plays and my other screenplays - I don't recall ever writing a negative character, which does not mean that my characters aren't flawed or do not make mistakes. In actual fact, they all are quite flawed.

Asghar Farhadi

CharacterMistakesWritingNegative

The only thing that relaxes me is archery. That's why I have to have apartments with gardens.

Paulo Coelho

MeWhyOnlyGardensApartments

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