Eddie Marsan Quotes

I was approached to do something for seven years, and it was a quality project. I did seriously think about it, but I didn't want to be away for six months of the year. I've never done the L.A. thing where you go and have loads of meetings; I can't say to my wife, 'I'm going to wait by a pool for six months.'

Eddie Marsan

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QualityWifeWaitThinkMeetings

When I walked through the gate, Universal quit building actors. All of a sudden, I was doing leading roles. I knew I was a tyro, but they told me to shut up and act.

John Gavin

MeBuildingDoingQuitGateShut Up

I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film.

Jeff Bridges

ArtUniverseEveryoneTheoryFilm

Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you can take time out from the bustle and brouhaha of the city, and simply sit and watch and reflect.

Tom Hodgkinson

TimeCityFreeGeniusYouResting

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

Robertson Davies

FuturePastPeopleWorldReturn

When I started out in Facebook, it had only 20 people. I saw it grow to a thousand employees and from five million users to over a billion users. I saw it evolve from a service that served college students to one that served the world.

Ruchi Sanghvi

ServicePeopleCollegeWorldGrow

The culture looms much larger than you do as a parent, and one can hardly rely on the culture to impart the lesson that womanhood is valuable.

Rumaan Alam

CultureParentYouLessonValuable

If a show ever tries to be cool, then it's going to be doing something wrong.

Michael Schur

CoolDoingWrongSomethingGoing

Obamacare was very attractive, particularly to those without health insurance.

Mitt Romney

HealthInsuranceWithoutAttractive

I'm used to politics at an international level: people put together an argument and, even if you vehemently disagree with them, well, you can recognise it's an argument and respond.

Mohamed ElBaradei

TogetherPoliticsPeopleYouRespond

The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget.

Debbie Allen

ChallengeBudgetShootLimitedHad

I've never been that comfortable with the acting thing. It's difficult for me to separate what's really going on. If there's kissing, that's kissing. I'm not acting; I don't know how.

Brett Young

MeActingKnowComfortableNever

I write a lot of songs people don't hear. I really just enjoy the process. I finish 'em all. I don't think there's a whole lot of difference between the bad ones and the good ones.

Bob Seger

GoodPeopleThinkProcessEnjoyBad

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