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Neil Simon Quotes

Nathan Lane always wanted to play Oscar. When he came in the first day, he already knew his lines. He said he'd known them since he was 18.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: american
Birth: July 4, 1927

Topics

Day Play Said First Always Lane

I try to avoid hairspray, gel, and heat as much as I can - I will use a pomade or a very heavy conditioner to style it the way that I want it.

Style I Can Want Way Try Heat

It is my writing dilemma. The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at the same time harness it as a good story.

Good Time Struggle Writing World

I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently.

I Can Rage See Degree Up How

The first thing you have to get used to in any kind of acting is the ability to make a fool of yourself. If you haven't learnt how to make a fool of yourself, you shouldn't be on the boards. That's absolutely what it's all about.

Fool Yourself You Acting Kind First

Being a comedian, people tell me stuff they shouldn't tell their therapist.

People Me Tell Being Stuff Comedian

Republicans have to be relieved. Given all the bad news this White House has faced, at least the president's hemorrhaging has stopped.

Stuart Rothenberg

Bad House White News President

Crimes are more often committed out of fear than wickedness. People live frightened, desperate lives.

Fear Live People More Out Committed

My last two years of high school, I did work-study half the day, and I ran the restaurant. It was just this little restaurant, but it was just so cool. I had 35, 40 employees.

Day School Cool High School High

I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style.

Style Proud Pictures Never Craft

Truly what the Emmys are about are the machine behind them, and Oscars are the same way, where if you have a big enough machine behind you, you get nominated, because truly how many of the best performances actually win... not many.

Christopher Judge

Best Win Enough You Way Big

It's easy to understand why the most beautiful poems about England in the spring were written by poets living in Italy at the time.

Beautiful Time Spring Easy Living

The more projects you do, the more actors you meet, the more people you meet, it's harder and harder to give your heart and your complete attention or absolute sincerity to that person.

Heart People Attention You Person

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