James Purefoy Quotes

As you mature and gain a semblance of wisdom and a sense of what life is all about... this is by no means true of everyone, but a lot of actors like to escape themselves. Inhabiting another person's persona is often a good way of escaping yourself.

James Purefoy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 3, 1964

Topics

LifeGoodWisdomYourselfYouTrue

As American taxpayers know too well, the tax code is incredibly complex and compliance is all to expensive.

Jim Ramstad

AmericanTaxKnowComplianceComplex

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It was hard the first time I practiced with them. I was so nervous that my vocal chords were paralyzed for about a half-hour.

Amy Tan

TimePeopleNervousKindOne Word

I will always be grateful to Madrid. I never said a bad word about anybody there. Everyone there, even the president, treated me really well always.

Alvaro Morata

GratefulMeBadSaidBe Grateful

I had had some successes in the '90s, always made money, but the truth was I was like a man pushing a boulder up a hill. A huge, heavy, difficult boulder made up of some career mistakes, projects that didn't meet expectations, and twenty years of being a known quantity.

Rob Lowe

TruthMoneyMistakesManCareer

I pay our nanny more than I'm earning.

Rupert Penry-Jones

MorePayEarningThanOurNanny

In terms of withstanding incredible amounts of pain - both physical and emotional - I don't think there's any better training than ballet.

Julia Jones

PainTrainingThinkBetterEmotional

Some people can handle fame, some can't.

Jonny Lee Miller

PeopleFameSome PeopleHandleSome

I use Facebook all the time. I'm not a believer that they're going to do everything on the Internet better than anyone else.

Dennis Crowley

TimeInternetBetterEverythingThan

More and more, as I get older, people come up to me and say, 'Thank you for all the laughter.' And my standard answer is, 'It was my pleasure.' But that's the truth.

Bob Newhart

TruthLaughterPeopleMeThank You

There's no getting away from it: you have to clean.

Anthea Turner

YouCleanAwayGetting

If we are to celebrate the giants in Australian public life, then Robert Garran must be among them. A lawyer and passionate advocate of Federation, Garran was one of several hands that drafted our constitution.

Anthony Albanese

LifeCelebrateLawyerConstitution

Tanks being deployed far forward is an indication of offensive action; tanks in depth is an indication of defensive action.

Norman Schwarzkopf

ActionForwardDepthOffensiveBeing

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