"Orwell has always been a huge influence on me."

-- Robert Harris

#Influence Quotes

“I'm not someone who likes to be in the whole Hollywood tabloids.”
“I'm very severe with myself and sometimes I miss French cheese, but in your world it's not exactly the same thing.”
“More scientific language and less diplomatic rhetoric may make this world even better.”
“Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.”
“I've developed my passion for cars that drive themselves from being stuck in traffic for many, many, many hours of my life. I don't know what it adds up to, but I feel like I've lost a year or two just in traffic. That's big to me. That's a lot of time, a lot of money that I just lose on the road.”

Source : "Cars That Drive Themselves". Interview with Jason Spingarn-Koff and Joe Seamans, www.pbs.org. March 28, 2006.
“I'm not really a political satirist. I don't kid myself. I'm more interested in doing the mannerisms and the personality.”
“Imagine no possesions, I wonder if you can, No need for greed or hunger, A brotherhood of man. Imagine all the people Sharing all the world.”
“I'll never accept that I'm a sex symbol. That will mean that someone is a bit too fond of himself. If it happens, I think it's certainly going to be odd. People shouldn't see me as a sex symbol. I'm really just Henry. I'm just telling a story. I could be playing an incredibly unpleasant character who's not sexually attractive at all in my next movie. So I've no expectations at all.”

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