Peter Finch Quotes

I don't want to get on the treadmill of earning more money. I'd rather live cheaply and allow myself more freedom. I can honestly say I've never taken a film just for the dough, although I've made some ghastly mistakes.

Peter Finch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: September 28, 1916 - January 14, 1977

Topics

LiveFreedomMyselfMoneyMistakes

I curl up inside and freeze when I have to act. I much prefer sitting on the sidelines and trying to get the best out of other people.

Mel Ferrer

BestPeopleTryingSittingInside

I lost a dear friend of mine from a rugby injury at 26. We don't usually deal with mortality at that early age and it's given me an appreciation of time, of trying to fit everything in.

Matthew Rhys

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I want someone that I can have fun with and laugh with. I love to laugh, and I'm really sarcastic, so it's important that she can take a joke. I think if you are going to be with someone for a while, you really need someone you can let loose with and let go of all the stress of the day.

Matt Lanter

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Money and salary is not a particularly good motivator in the long term.

Matt Mullenweg

GoodMoneyLongSalaryLong Term

The 'Missa Mirabilis' is a big work which was conceived for a large organ and a lot of singers.

Stephen Hough

WorkBigSingersLargeWhichOrgan

It's important to have female solidarity and support each other and other actresses.

Rose Byrne

SupportImportantSolidarityFemale

All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations. Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.

Michael Johnson

LifeDeterminationMeImpossible

When you've got four people to get dressed to get out the door, you don't really tend to spend a lot of time on yourself. But that's the way I roll anyway. I was never one to do my hair and make-up just to go down to the market, so it's really not that much different. If I get a little eye cream on, I feel like I'm ahead of myself.

Julia Roberts

TimeMyselfYourselfPeopleDoor

It's very easy to lose track of the environment around you, to lose touch with the present.

Doug Aitken

PresentEnvironmentEasyYouLose

I really love Paul Smith. And Chrome Hearts. They make the most beautiful, high-end leather and outerwear and jewelry you've ever seen.

Dean Winters

LoveBeautifulJewelryYouLeather

I don't read 'Vanity Fair,' whose millionaire-fashionista-liberal shtick I find repellent.

Bret Stephens

VanityFindFairWhoseRead

I think one of the things I was shocked about was how interested the world is in 'American Idol' and how people, writers, they write about 'Idol' all the time, and I guess I didn't expect that.

Nicki Minaj

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