Richard Jenkins Quotes

There's a lot of jobs that you can do that you can be miserable at. Making movies should not be one of them.

Richard Jenkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 4, 1947

Topics

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I've had enough rejection for 33 years. I don't need more.

Michael Cimino

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I'm not much of a famous-person friend. I've hung out with Brooke Shields and I don't think I've ever seen that kind of pure face recognition, but I keep a low profile.

Ana Gasteyer

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The book that made me cry hardest was 'Stoner,' by John Williams.

Stephen McCauley

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My folks still live in my childhood home, and so when I'm home with them, I usually feel the best.

Topher Grace

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Yes, and there were changes of light on landscapes and changes of direction of the wind and the force of the wind and weather. That whole scene is too important in Homer to neglect.

Robert Fitzgerald

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I'm not sure that too many Americans would choose the president to manage their retirement accounts.

Mike Pompeo

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It is no small thing for an American to be able to go into a fast-food restaurant and to buy a double cheeseburger, fries, and a large Coke for a price equal to less than an hour of labor at the minimum wage - indeed, in the long sweep of history, this represents a remarkable achievement.

Michael Pollan

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With comedy, I try to steer toward, you know, talking about people that do crazy things, messed-up things. That's what I like to talk about.

Loni Love

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Because Washington state now votes by mail, elections here tend to play out, at an agonizingly slow speed, over many days and, sometimes, weeks.

Jonathan Raban

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I know I have an eccentric, obsessive-compulsive side.

Demi Moore

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I love to have confidence, but that confidence doesn't come from myself. It comes from God, and that's what I wanted America to see.

Ashthon Jones

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No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.

William S. Burroughs

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