Rick Moranis Quotes

By the time I got to the point where I was 'starring' in movies, and I had executives telling me what lines to say, that wasn't for me. I'm really not an actor. I'm a guy who comes out of comedy, and my impetus was always to rewrite the line to make it funnier, not to try to make somebody's precious words work.

Rick Moranis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: April 18, 1953

Topics

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I can't say I'd like to concentrate on one particular composer. I'm looking forward to doing a variety.

Andris Nelsons

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I think we're in a disposable world and 'Stairway to Heaven' is one of the things that hasn't quite been thrown away yet.

Robert Plant

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I don't have the talent of Daniel Day-Lewis. I'm Steve Austin, so when I get to hang out and be who I am, and I live on set, it's like a paid vacation, man.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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The film-school mantra is that if you don't tell your own stories, nobody will.

Mira Nair

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I never really liked Italy. 'Lots of cement' is my long-standing quote.

Louise Wilson

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While you are searching for a job, it is a good idea to be on your best behavior.

Judy Smith

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Marvin Gaye was a friend of mine, and he used to say, 'Man, I wish I could sing like you - if I could have that growl in my voice.' And I said, 'Man, are you kidding me? I want to sing like you. Everybody wants to sing like you.'

Dennis Edwards

FriendManMeVoiceWishYou

We were rather poor, but we always had what we needed.

Debbie Reynolds

PoorAlwaysRatherWereNeededHad

I know what the important things are in life. I know that just because I pretend to be someone else for two hours on the silver screen doesn't make me a better person than the next man. So, I mind all those things. Simple things.

Colin Farrell

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If I say something, I mean it. If I promise something, best as I can, I'm going to follow through. If I say I have your back, I genuinely mean it.

Bonnie Hammer

BestBackI CanSayMeanFollow

In 1976 the Toxic Substances Control Act was passed, sending the EPA on a 30-year-plus odyssey chasing down the chemical industry in a fruitless quest for responsibility.

Suzy Shuster

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That was really the Fifties for me - that whole spirit of flicking the paint on the canvas.

Peter Marino

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