Powers Boothe famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare.
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I wanted to be in The Emerald Forest. I chased that one for six months before it all came about. I wanted to work with John Boorman!
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I think Im pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN.
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Before I accept a job, I always talk to folks about it. Why does he kill these 22 people? If they say, What difference does it make? I know we have nothing more to talk about. A character has to be three-dimensional.
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The year showed me beyond a doubt that everyone practices cafeteria religion... But the important lesson was this: there's nothing wrong with choosing. Cafeterias aren't bad per se... the key is in choosing the right dishes. You need to pick the nurturing ones (compassion), the healthy ones (love thy neighbor), not the bitter ones.
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I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.
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Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.
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One of the first signs of a Spirit-filled life is enthusiasm!
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It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.
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I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.
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When I first started, I just wanted to work. I wouldn't necessarily do anything, but I'd pretty much almost do anything at the very beginning.
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The first part of my career, how I was paying the bills was commercials. I was just doing tons of commercials.
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I'm an actor and it happened to go my way that day.
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Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically.
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