Richard Dreyfuss Quotes

I never had a role that I set out for. I always wanted to have a body of work that I'm proud of. Save for two projects, which will never pass my lips, I'm happy with what I've done.

Richard Dreyfuss

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 29, 1947

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It was real Cheyenne. I would get the translations the night before, but it was very difficult because it was not like any other language you would be familiar with.

Joe Lando

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Children's games constitute the most admirable social institutions. The game of marbles, for instance, as played by boys, contains an extremely complex system of rules - that is to say, a code of laws, a jurisprudence of its own.

Jean Piaget

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On a movie, you often work fourteen-, sixteen-hour days, six days a week, for six months. It is so easy to let up because of fatigue.

Michael Cimino

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I feel bad for young actors who become huge stars too quickly, because you haven't had a chance to practice your craft a lot.

Topher Grace

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I never did anything about my stardom, it never meant anything to me.

Tom Courtenay

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I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.

Martina Hingis

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What I want to do is to make sure that we fully repeal Obamacare. This will be one of the largest spending initiatives we will ever see in our country. And also, it will take away choice from the American people.

Michele Bachmann

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The bane of my existence is the synopses that publishers request for a new novel or series. That's where I'm really producing fiction - my final book never ends up looking like the synopsis.

Michelle Gagnon

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Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.

Derek Bailey

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If you had of told me age 10 that in 19 years time I would be on a stage in Salford performing with Les Dennis in a sitcom I had written, I would have believed you.

Pippa Evans

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The thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people. You have to hide yourself a bit in order to let that other person come out.

Penelope Wilton

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If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.

Maria Montessori

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