Paul McGann Quotes

Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to it, and a punch.

Paul McGann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 14, 1959

Topics

TimeToughRealSamePunchFilm

I'm wondering whether to have someone go around with my mobile to completely throw everybody off the scent. I could appear in weird places.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start.

Angela Lansbury

StartThinkThoughtLongNever

My advice for telling someone else's story is to try not to consciously bend the story in any particular direction - to listen with an open mind, to include the good with the bad, to attempt to quell one's biases and allow the person you're writing about to emerge as wholly as possible, warts and all.

Michael Finkel

GoodMindWritingStoryDirection

Now I look back and think if I'd spent more time enjoying myself instead of crying into my pillow over men, my 20s would have been fabulous!

Denise Van Outen

TimeMyselfMenThinkLookBack

'Deadline' is the story of a young man forced to discover who he is, and what's important in life, during the short span of his senior year in high school.

Chris Crutcher

LifeManSchoolHigh SchoolStory

What we are doing is, rather than living on the interest of our basic biological capital, we're using up our capital, so we're dipping into our capital. We're using up what should be our children's and grandchildren's legacy.

David Suzuki

ChildrenLegacyDoingLivingUp

An innovation will get traction only if it helps people get something that they're already doing in their lives done better.

Clayton M. Christensen

InnovationPeopleBetterDoingDone

Many people have trouble with forgiveness because they have been taught it is a singular act to be completed in one sitting. That is not so. Forgiveness has many layers, many seasons.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

ForgivenessPeopleSeasonsTrouble

I don't ever go into a fight wanting to hurt someone. I just want to show them that I am better than them, and if they get hurt, it's part of the sport.

Chuck Liddell

FightI AmHurtBetterSomeoneWant

This is a whole new world to explore as a developer to go in and learn these new gameplay mechanics, to learn what it's like to actually control a character from a top-down, 'God's eye' view, and to figure out how the game camera can be controlled by the player's head.

Brendan Iribe

GodCharacterControlWorldGame

I don't enjoy the theatre. I don't go. Don't like going in the back door or the front.

Timothy Spall

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I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.

Nigel Mansell

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