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Darren Boyd Quotes

I'm not a comedian, I'm not a stand-up and I don't come from a comedy background. I am an actor, but I've had a very fortunate foray into comedy, and it seems to have become a bit of a strength, and you can't complain when you become known for something.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: english
Birth: January 30, 1971

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Strength I Am Comedy You Become

Coming from the theater, you know what your given circumstances are every night and who your character is. You're reenacting this one moment of their lives over and over, so you get really good at figuring out how to navigate it. TV was a huge adjustment for me because the script changes every episode, and you have a different set of circumstances.

Andrew Rannells

Good Character Moment Me Night You

Even the way Mamet describes silences within his plays is different. There are pauses; there are pauses within parentheses; there are pauses before dialogue; there are pauses in the spaces between the dialogue - there's this extraordinary vocabulary of silence which is all there on the page, mapped out.

Silence Page Way Vocabulary Within

I'm a fantastic dancer!

Fantastic Dancer

We ended up with 19 hours of footage and had to narrow it down to an hour and a half. Our instructions were to film everything that came up, including the more mundane moments.

Moments Down More Everything Up

I think I would have been a totally different kind of writer if I'd gone to England. I might have developed a cynicism about my origins, a belittling of them, or an excessive nostalgia for them.

Think Nostalgia Kind Cynicism Gone

Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

Win Know More Victories Who Than

When I wake up, I can't wait to get to the studio, go into the paint room.

Wait Wake Up Go Up Room Paint

The Russian male audience, they loved 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door,' and they like my comedies, but the Russian male audience is action, action, action.

Door Action Loved Heaven Audience

The hospital industry to this day works its tail off to do the right thing.

Day Do The Right Thing Right Hospital

No one should ever suffer in silence. Bullies thrive in silence.

Silence Thrive Suffer Should Bullies

A college degree was very important for them; it wasn't for me. So I picked English because I'm fluent. I thought it would be the easiest to do.

College Me Thought Important Degree

People who attend support groups who have been diagnosed with a life-challenging illness live on average twice as long after diagnosis as people who don't.

Marianne Williamson

Live Support People Long Twice Been

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