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Stephen Merchant

"When I get hired as an actor as opposed to a writer, one of things that's exciting for me is doing stuff I wouldn't normally do myself. So whether it's a kid's movie or a voice in animation or in this case - where I just get to be silly, it's a different kind of comedy for me. As a performer, it's a different pleasure than when you're writing or directing. As a performer, you're just in the hands of the director and you go with whatever they want to do."

Source : Source: collider.com

Stephen Merchant

#Silly Quotes #Writing Quotes #Kids Quotes

“They thought that I was a man with reasonable judgment, so I was never under pressure from my parents; I could do whatever I wanted. I never had a negative word from them, nothing whatsoever.”
“The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world. That wide grey sweep was the lawn, with the straggling trees of the orchard still dark beyond; the white squares were the roofs of the garage, the old barn, the rabbit hutches, the chicken coops. Further back there were only the flat fields of Dawson's farm, dimly white-striped. All the broad sky was grey, full of more snow that refused to fall. There was no colour anywhere.”
“I don't have any trouble believing that you would avoid something seemingly perfect because you're in something you really want to prove to yourself you can do right.”

Source : Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. February 1, 2013.
“Jesus is the hope of the world and the local church is the vehicle of expressing that hope to the world.”
“She smiles.Her teeth are crooked. If I knocked them out,I might be doing her a favor.”
“One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and - pop! - out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.”

Source : Eric Carle (2016). “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, p.7, Penguin
“My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.”
“I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really.”

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