Wallace Shawn Quotes

Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people. On the contrary, the actor may simply be a person who's more willing than others to reveal some truths about himself.

Wallace Shawn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 12, 1943

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If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, you'll probably get beaten up. But poetry is a really strong, beautiful form to me, and a lot of innovation in language comes from poetry.

Jim Jarmusch

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It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England?

John Masefield

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To find a script that works with provocative ideas is hard to find.

John McTiernan

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I actually share her view and understand her frustration when any government attempts to ban secular symbols like Santa Claus or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Christmas lights.

Steve Israel

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Every time I dive, I feel an adrenaline rush like I did that first time. Until my body fails on me, I will keep going.

Tom Daley

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Food is a huge passion of mine, and because I want to eat whatever I want, I run every morning, and then I do weights a few times a week. It's just how I can balance eating pancakes in the morning, a big burger for lunch, and then a fat steak and cheesecake at night.

Matt Barr

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I don't really get into a writing routine until March or April, when I'll write a few hundred words a day, often in a cafe in the morning after the school run.

Lisa Jewell

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I know that all things are possible through Jesus Christ.

Jason Derulo

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In my opinion, education is the finest gift an individual can give a young person.

Donald Bren

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If I had seen a black woman play Juliet as a little girl, my idea of my place in the world would have been totally different.

Condola Rashad

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The Hulk has an awesome superpower. He turns into this giant monster that can eliminate several dudes at once.

Ty Simpkins

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I've been thinking about a bank robbery my whole life.

Ryan Gosling

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