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James Spader Quotes

Acting is a great way to make a living, especially when I consider what my alternatives were and probably still are. I mean, you are only making movies. It is a lot less pressure than being a surgeon; although it seemed like the only other thing that I was qualified for was manual labour.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: February 7, 1960

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Great Pressure You Acting Living

This is the man my mother lived for. My career means something now because I've worked with Robert Redford.

Mother Man Career Now Lived Because

Musically, I try not to box things in. I try to just play around this spectrum of influences: soul, jazz, and hip-hop.

Soul Play Jazz Hip-Hop Try Box

The sneaker heels thing is a myth. They were saying, 'They're like sneakers.' No, they're like heels is what they're like. That's like saying a denim skirt is like jeans. It's not.

Saying Sneakers Heels Jeans Myth

I'm a son of immigrants. I'm not going to reduce my commitment to immigration. But can I empathize with the fact that if your town was 95 percent all white and now it's down to 60, that that can scare you? Can I empathize with that? Yeah.

Anand Giridharadas

Son Commitment Immigration You Down

Trust is central to an economy that works.

Trust Economy Central Works

Earth might one day soon resemble the planet Venus.

Stephen Hawking

Day Earth One Day Planet Venus Soon

As a director or writer, you have to be so controlling.

Hate Think Say More Than I Think

While different states and cities might look to different strategies for protecting public safety, we all can agree on this: we lose too many American lives to gun violence.

Martin O'Malley

Safety Gun American Lose Look Agree

When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.

Basketball World Learn You Young

When I was in high school, I liked to pretend that I was a Russian foreign exchange student. I would do things like go into a pizza restaurant and tell them I'd never had pizza before, and they'd bring me into the kitchen and show me how to make an American pizza. It's really fun.

School Fun Pizza Me Kitchen Student

There is a lot of pretty horrific stuff that happens, and I don't usually get those kinds of characters who get to go to those places.

Go Places Pretty Get Stuff Happens

Remember this: debt is a form of bondage. It is a financial termite.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Financial Remember Debt Bondage Form

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