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" I really love living in cities where the people living above, below and next to you are from totally different worlds to you. "
Rupert Friend
Love
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You
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" I think saying you're bad at something is rather wonderful because then it doesn't matter anymore. "
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" I really enjoy the fact that the very boring, normal person that I am isn't kind of interesting to anyone. It's fine by me. "
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" I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people. "
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" I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could! "
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" I think that what drives most of us as human beings is the want for something. You might have a hope, or a big dream, or a goal that you haven't yet achieved. "
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" The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feudal tribalism whereby you can identify somebody's provenance by their voice. "
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" I'm a dual citizen in a way. I live in the States and have a green card, so my connection to British politics is almost nonexistent. "
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" That routine thing is not comforting to me. It's the opposite to that. "
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" Han Solo is more interesting than Superman because he's flawed. Superman's flaw is kryptonite, and that's it. He can make time go backwards, for God's sake, but with Han Solo or Indiana Jones, there's a bit of humanity there. "
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Humanity
Interesting
" This industry is too bonkers to understand. Every single part is completely different. "
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Single
" I don't do glamorous things. "
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" People say I have a scary face. I find that to be a mixed compliment. "
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" I get bored quickly. Always have. Short attention span. "
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Always
Bored
" It's an imaginative thing we do; it's about immersing oneself in one's imagination. If you're a novelist, you do it with pen and paper. We do it with our bodies. "
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" I'm a terrible dancer. "
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Terrible
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" I believe that if you can discover something of the truth of a person, then you will start to understand, and to understand is to move towards, if not like, then at least an empathy of some kind. "
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" The one thing I couldn't imagine is stopping still. "
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" Everybody has many people inside of them; I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropriate at first, in order to gain acceptance or achieve what we want. It gets really interesting when this technique fails, and other levels are revealed. "
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" I really admire artists who take the time to recharge their batteries and not continually call on it. I think you can spot tired and jaded artists quite quickly. "
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