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Mark Billingham Quotes

An actor's life is all about rejection. It's you they don't want; it's you who's too tall or too short or too fat. With stand-up, it doesn't matter what you look like.

Mark Billingham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: July 2, 1961

Topics

Life Short Fat Rejection You Look

A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.

Jim Leach

Business Government People Nation

In the studio, if things go wrong, you stop things and fix them. I have never been in a recording studio, really, where the people in the booth were not interested in making a very good album. It's often a light-hearted atmosphere but serious at the same time.

John Abercrombie

Good Time People You Wrong Stop

All I can do is knuckle down, write something really good, and hope someone responds to it.

Stephnie Weir

Good Hope Someone Down I Can Write

Acting is contained - you act for three months, then leave it - but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.

Sophie Marceau

Writing You Acting Dangerous Three

The name came about from me just closing my eyes and sticking a pen on a map of South Africa. St. Lucia was the fifth place that the pen landed on.

St. Lucia

Eyes Me Name Pen Place Closing

Children need stimulation and stability. That can come from grandparents, cousins, teachers, nannies, childcare centres - as long as they engage with the children and are really fond of them. There are also times when children need to be left alone to learn to be independent and to encourage their imaginary friends.

Tony Buzan

Alone Children Learn Friends Long

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.

Robert Browning

Sleep Fight Clouds Forward Better

I really am enjoying the fact that I feel like women are having more and more say in Hollywood, in television particular.

Miriam Shor

Women Feel Television Say Hollywood

I met John when I was 18 and I was in my first John Waters film when I was 19.

Mink Stole

First Film Met John Waters

My dad is a very good sounding board. He's very, very smart. Both of my parents are very, very sharp, much smarter than I, I'm happy to acknowledge.

Joshua Malina

Good Smart Happy Parents Sharp He

There's a chunk of myself in every part I play.

Jay Baruchel

Myself Play Part Every Chunk

The best theatre I've done, I've done right here in this living room.

Jonathan Frid

Best Theatre Done Living Right Room