Philip Baker Hall Quotes

'Mariah' was the first series-regular role for me, and that really came about because of 'Secret Honor.' That really was a direct result of that. Because now I had an agent and was submitted for that part, for James Malone. And... I was the casting director's first choice for James Malone.

Philip Baker Hall

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1931

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'Firefly' was and always will be such a positive thing for me. I hold a lot of really good memories associated to that show.

Jewel Staite

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For most students at universities around the country, studying entrepreneurship is a pleasant intellectual diversion, not a professional choice, path, or commitment.

Andrew Yang

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Some months ago, while I was preparing a new work, I told a young cinema executive my intention of including in a soundtrack two themes from Bach. But when he asked me which has been the last hit from that Bach?, then I knew that I had no longer place in cinema.

Maurice Jarre

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Having more exposure is kind of a bittersweet thing for me, honestly, because it's nice to have a little more job security in life now.

Ani DiFranco

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Ron Howard is a great filmmaker and also a great storyteller in 60- and 30-minute shows, so why isn't he going to be a great storyteller in 10-minute pieces?

Jeffrey Katzenberg

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The effect hip-hop had on me was enormous. I was exposed to it by happenstance. My father worked at a radio station in New York called WKTU Disco 92. It was the first radio station in New York City to play disco in the late '70s.

Michael Rapaport

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Football is a game of business. You don't work for free.

Jason Pierre-Paul

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I don't understand how it's cheaper to buy a whole steak at the Price Club than spinach. How did that happen?

Jose Andres

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We don't take care of our teachers and our cops and our firemen. They should be at the top of our list.

Brad Garrett

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It was really important for me to create fun and trendy pieces for the plus-size market.

Ashley Nell Tipton

FunMeCreateImportantPieces

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.

Audre Lorde

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I have great respect for Brecht, but his path is not mine.

Peter Brook

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