Samuel Barnett Quotes

I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I've never been any good at it. But I really wanted to work with the director Tim Carroll and Mark Rylance.

Samuel Barnett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 25, 1980

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I always have the same thing - which is the fear of not getting a laugh - that I've had from the time I was a kid; obsessing over, 'This joke doesn't quite work, we've got to get this right.' I was always like that, whether I was a member of a six-person ensemble or whether I'm the center of a show.

Matthew Perry

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I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.

John Shirley

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Opening Day was a big thing. I came to a lot of Orioles games. I grew up a couple blocks from here, so I was always coming down to the stadium. I always made it down for Opening Day until I was a little bit older and I had ball. But when I was younger, I always missed school.

Steve Clevenger

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I would love to play Lee in 'True West' and Bobby in 'Company.'

Steve Kazee

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People always talk about the nausea that comes with chemotherapy. For me, it's more like a queasiness. And it can be intense. It's an uncomfortable, gross kind of 'blech' feeling.

Stuart Scott

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Get your heart checked. I've always looked at myself as healthy, but I wasn't.

Rod Carew

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I certainly relate to Ygritte in the fact that she is so strong and also ruthless as well and I feel that especially within 'Game of Thrones,' I think that as a show, it is one of the frontrunners for showing dominant female characters and making sure that men answer to women rather than the other way around.

Rose Leslie

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As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.

Russell Hornsby

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I grew up in Florida, so you start swimming at the age of 1, really. By 10, I was competitive swimming, and by 12, I had aspirations to be the best in the world.

Diana Nyad

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To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

Dennis Rodman

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Botswana has an incredible future if it can wrestle the HIV scenario to the ground.

Colin Salmon

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I'm not really a music person.

Bobby Kotick

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