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I did loads of student films and fringe theatre. I worked for free a lot.


Christopher Parker

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THEO JAMES I worked in restaurants and did what I needed to do to act. Theatre is a hard life. It sucks a lot o...
LUSIA STRUS I started - well, in England it works a little bit differently. You have to do Fringe theatre, which...
JOSHUA SASSE Certainly, nothing would stop me coming home for Christmas, if I can. But I've worked a lot in t...
BRIAN F. O'BYRNE Yes I have made a lot of money and I have a lot of respect, my films have done well, and I know ther...
SHAH RUKH KHAN A lot of student directors used to pick other students to be in their graduate films, so. I ended up...
BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN I assisted on a lot of films outside my dad's company. I only did two of his films.
ARJUN KAPOOR I had just had small parts in other films, and I'd worked with a lot of directors in TV.
SALLY KELLERMAN Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be f...
MIKE FIGGIS I did have one student who said a sibling applied for every credit card he could get as a means of g...
JEFF RALPH I've always worked on the fringe of the British press establishment, carving out this niche for ...
HEATHER BROOKE I had done student films for the School Of Visual Arts and for NYU and all these schools in New York...
GUILLERMO DIAZ When I did 'Bird,' it was a surprise to some people, first because I wasn't in it and se...
CLINT EASTWOOD I don't know how we did that. We worked on free throws for two days straight.
BOBBY COLLINS I did a lot of short films online, so I come from that background where a lot of people see your stu...
BEN SCHWARTZ I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most a...
FRANCESCA ANNIS A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just b...
STEVEN SPIELBERG I would love to persuade Christopher Bailey to get even just a section of Burberry that's, like,...
EMMA WATSON Some government expenditure actually makes a profit. Our theatre leads the world. Loads of tourists ...
SIMON HOGGART But Greg received a great education, thanks to dedicated teachers and administrators. My youngest so...
ELLYN BERNIER I have done theatre, and I enjoy the process of smaller films a lot more. When I do such films, ther...
NAWAZUDDIN SIDDIQUI I became very close with Charles Bronson and his wife, Kim. We did 'Sea Wolf' together along...
CATHERINE MARY STEWART I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work...
BRENDA BLETHYN Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived...
EWAN MCGREGOR Once, I tried to channel my inner Pocahontas and wore a lot of Navajo prints, a lot of beige, fringe...
POPPY DELEVINGNE I did a whole lot of work before taking up my first movie. From TV commercials to Telugu films, I le...
YAMI GAUTAM I haven't done as many films as I would have liked. A lot of my contemporaries have done more. I...
DAN STEVENS Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I've done.
PATRICK WARBURTON So many (older) men and women are relegated to minor supporting roles, ... Christopher Walken. Look ...
CLORIS LEACHMAN I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I was...
NATASHA BEDINGFIELD I came to musical theatre from straight acting, and a lot of my friends have a real prejudice about ...
BERTIE CARVEL I read comics and stuff. I buy a lot of comics, a lot of films and boxsets.
ED GAMBLE I did a job. I completed my Matric and my Bachelors. I did a marketing job. I worked as a bus hostes...
QANDEEL BALOCH I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better ...
IMELDA STAUNTON Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish art...
THEODORE BIKEL Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't alw...
FRANCES MCDORMAND I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.
JAN HAMMER I started with commercials - for shampoo, pancakes, insurance, Volvo. I did a Lux soap commercial wi...
STEPHANIE SZOSTAK I personally enjoy theatre, but preferably I do films so that I can reach up to maximum audience. If...
OM PURI When I was doing fringe theatre, my ambition was to do repertory. When I got to rep it was to do nat...
EDDIE MARSAN I was working here as a part-time 911 dispatcher, and then I worked with the County enforcement for ...
BRETT MILLER I worked on the line, I've been an executive chef, I've worked for the Mets, I've worked...
ACTION BRONSON I have a very 'theatre' face. I have what they call a wide mask. I probably would have been ...
FAITH PRINCE a reasonable jury did find in favor of Dr. Parker.
BOB ROSE Candace Parker did a great job of attacking and it opened things up.
CAPPIE PONDEXTER I did musical theatre for about four years. One time, I did six shows in one year whilst juggling sc...
SAM SMITH I said I would do all the films about the commercials, and the films about ball-bearings and Ford tr...
KAREL REISZ When I was 11, even though we were poor, my mother was a fan of movies from the west. She used to br...
JOHN WOO It was hard for me. He worked with me every day. We did a lot of stuff together ... I almost left th...
GLEN TAYLOR My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked in the theatre for e...
WILL KEMP I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.
PATRICE LECONTE I have mainly come from a theatre background, I did 'Oliver' here I played the Artful Dodger...
BEN NICHOLAS I was born in a world of opera, theatre, films, poetry, art, and therefore, out of the wire, I made ...
PHILIPPE PETIT I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associate...
PAUL NURSE I think I've had an interesting life. I've done films, TV, theatre and got married. I don...
KABIR BEDI I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theatre, and the fact that I'...
ERIC STOLTZ It worked out all right. It really did. I give (Cosell) a lot of credit for setting a certain tone. ...
DON MEREDITH I was 16 and did a play at school. I was a rather good student... And then I did a play when I was 1...
HANK AZARIA This offense opens it up for tight ends a little bit more, and I was able to get free for some big p...
DUSTIN KELLER Telly and films has been my thing, not necessarily by choice, and if the right piece of theatre came...
DARREN BOYD I was pretty anti-academic, and I wasn't much of a student. I had a really short attention span ...
CHRIS CRUTCHER We are asking why this happened and look for ways to improve, ... When I was a teacher in the classr...
WILLIAM HULL I had a lot of respect for Jeremy Renner as an actor before I worked with him, because I was very im...
DENIS VILLENEUVE I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
WALTER SALLES I was able to get great grades and I worked hard at it. I felt I was a role model for the kids I was...
RON HOWARD My background is in largely in theatre and acting. I grew up in a town with a well-respected Shakesp...
MATT ROSS I made all these films and I had all kinds of great experiences. I worked with the great filmmakers ...
GEORGE SIDNEY I have kept a diary,
WITHNAIL AND I I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a lon...
BRUCE BERESFORD Unfortunately for critics and audiences alike, I have made several films, and some films with really...
JAMES GRAY I just think they came out and played much harder than we did. And as a consequence they shot a lot ...
HERB WILLIAMS Coming out of last spring, we had a lot of confidence in John Parker and what he could do. If Brodie...
DAVE RADER On long haul flights I always drink loads and loads of water and eat light and healthy food.
LISA SNOWDON You would think, because I stayed to myself and I was shy, that I'd be a good student, but actua...
BRYSON TILLER I got a lot of love for NBC, Tom Brokaw. He did a lot for me, and I appreciate him, and I owe a lot ...
ALLEN IVERSON I have a lot of incomplete short films and incomplete scripts out there.
BILL HADER 'Breathe In' was such a big deal for me. It was my first anything. Before that, I was going ...
MACKENZIE DAVIS My main aim has always been to do good quality films with roles that have some substance. With Power...
NATASHA HENSTRIDGE History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I love Christopher Bailey and Burberry, Mulberry for bags, and Hudson for jeans.
CARA DELEVINGNE I worked for George Bush. I'm proud to have worked for him. I think that a lot of the most contr...
DICK CHENEY A lot of kids came and went over the years. But Parker kept coming back.
GREG NICHOLS Mostly what I do to pay the bills is a lot of writing for corporate training films and producing tho...
LIZ STUBBS I did commercials and voice-overs as a kid, and it just lead to musical theatre opportunities.
JENNIFER DAMIANO I combined theatre and films with live TV, such as 'The Royal Variety Show,' performing sket...
SHIRLEY EATON I did a lot of theatre when I started out. It was the Lyceum, the Citz, the Tron and the Traverse. I...
ASHLEY JENSEN I'm always keeping an eye out for a period piece. I was trained in theatre, so most of the thing...
DAGMARA DOMINCZYK One of the things we have tried to do is work on a culture to increase student achievement for all s...
CATHERINE RICHARD Comedy did a lot of things for me. I mean, 'SNL'? Not too bad. Not too shabby with this come...
JAY PHAROAH John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is...
ELI WALLACH I have a lot of good stories for talk shows about the conditions in which I worked.
GILLIAN JACOBS I was an assistant once. I worked for Rob Reiner and his family. I did sign a confidentiality agreem...
CHERYL HINES We worked a lot on that type of thing in practice. We worked on slips and worked on the out of bound...
AMANDA BROWN I waited and waited for a year and a half for them to announce who won, ... Jim Jeffords' office had...
ERIK NIELSEN I trained in the theatre and I love the theatre. I get such a thrill seeing anything in the theatre.
EWAN MCGREGOR I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON You ever flown something before?" (Christopher)
"I hold the highest score at A.S.U. for Star Wa...
GINI KOCH I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out.
CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing.
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Idleness, sorrow, a friend...
DOROTHY PARKER If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do the...
DOROTHY PARKER There's little in taking or giving
There's little in water or wine
This living, this livin...
DOROTHY PARKER Where's the man that could ease a heart like a satin gown?
DOROTHY PARKER In youth, it was a way I had,
To do my best to please.
And change, with every passing lad<...
DOROTHY PARKER I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.
DOROTHY PARKER Some men break your heart in two,
Some men fawn and flatter,
Some men never look at you; DOROTHY PARKER As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
THEODORE PARKER All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were a...
DOROTHY PARKER Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
DOROTHY PARKER There's a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply...
DOROTHY PARKER Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a poi...
DOROTHY PARKER I never thought that heav'n would lose its blue
And sullen storm-clouds mask the gentle sky; DOROTHY PARKER All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine you wouldn't si...
DOROTHY PARKER I shall stay the way I am because I do not give a damn.
DOROTHY PARKER They sicken at the calm that know the storm.
DOROTHY PARKER They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.
DOROTHY PARKER Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
DOROTHY PARKER Only Christ could have conceived Christ.
JOSEPH PARKER He'd have given me rolling lands,
Houses of marble, and billowing farms,
Pearls, to trickle ...
DOROTHY PARKER Why is it no one ever sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my ...
DOROTHY PARKER Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejo...
THEODORE PARKER Let us do our duty, in our shop in our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, t...
THEODORE PARKER By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infi...
DOROTHY PARKER Out in Hollywood, where the streets are paved with Goldwyn, the word
DOROTHY PARKER They laid their hands upon my head,
They stroked my cheek and brow;
And time could heal a hu...
DOROTHY PARKER Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, like frost and fire both are alien to human flesh.
THEODORE PARKER Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
DOROTHY PARKER Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.
DOROTHY PARKER I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there and it's a horror to look back ...
DOROTHY PARKER Gratitude -- the meanest and most sniveling attribute in the world.
DOROTHY PARKER