There's a particularly British wariness of appearing to try too hard. It's somehow distasteful. Everything should come to us seamlessly and, if you have to work at it, you're somehow a loser.
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Related You reach a time... when fact and fiction blend seamlessly. If you do it too soon, it's journali... FRANK D. GILROY If you're in favour of any policy - reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever - if you... NOAM CHOMSKY Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Maine is wonderful. It can be very hard. I mean, if you look at the profile maps it doesn't look... BILL BRYSON With a popular show, you know that there's expectations there, so that's a little nerve-wrac... AARON ASHMORE You want to work with good people. When you're working with good people, it frees you up. There&... JAMES BADGE DALE I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too o... TAMSIN GREIG It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying ... AARON SPELLING I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing ... NICHOLAS HOULT Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend ... WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON Freedom is the core of all human progress. It believes that nothing's given to us, but if you... CONNIE MACK IV A college degree is not essential, but if you're already in college, and if it's at all poss... K. FLAY There's a lot of people that have great ideas and dreams and whatnot, but unless you're will... KRIS JENNER When you're in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you stil... DAVID CRONENBERG There are a lot of movies about misfits that are quite cool, that kind of glamorize it on some level... REBECCA HALL I treat politics kind of like my religion. It's something I believe in, but I don't want to ... JERRY SPRINGER There's no greatest moment in the arts. It's a life, it's a continuity thing. You can... LEROY NEIMAN When you're guest-starring, it's very nice, but you're there very briefly, and it's ... ZELJKO IVANEK Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it... ROBERT GRIFFIN III We all feel that if we have a crazy idea that might get laughed at, there's nothing wrong with s... STEVEN SPIELBERG Simply, if you're working with good material, then it's right there, and you don't have ... DULE HILL There's no great mystery to acting. It's a very simple thing to do but you have to work hard... EDDIE MARSAN Whether you like it or not, a performance's triumphs and belly flops come to seem excruciatingly... BEN BRANTLEY The idea that you're made up of the people that come before you and you somehow have some kind o... JUSTIN KURZEL You need to have camaraderie in the clubhouse. Wherever you're working, be it a baseball team or... PAT GILLICK You're never going to get used to walking into a room and have people screaming at you. There... HARRY STYLES You can tell if there's magic in something. When you start it, you want to finish it and you wan... HALSEY Too much research can be the writer's enemy. You can spend days on end in the British Library or... MARK BILLINGHAM It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might ... DAMIEN HIRST It's heartbreaking but we're trying to get over it. As disappointed as we were, I think that... CAROLINE DHAVERNAS It's very hard to turn your back once you're aware of what's going on, and you're aw... LYNSEY ADDARIO If you have a dream, it's definitely achievable through hard work, through dedication, sacrifice... CARLI LLOYD There's this idea that if you take your clothes off, somehow you must have loose morals. DEMI MOORE If you have perfect virtual reality eventually, where you're be able to simulate everything that... PALMER LUCKEY I work so hard to make that sure I'm successful. If you're positive and really excited and e... SHAWN MENDES If you're doing something new you've got to have a vision. You've got to have a perspect... STEVE CASE Is it just me, or do you also think this is unnatural behavior in a female parent? Isn't there a fed... ANN EDWARDS CANNON It's a disease we have that we think that everything is explainable. It's a merchandising id... STELLAN SKARSGARD To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, an... CAMPBELL SCOTT It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Brana... ANTHONY HOPKINS I would direct TV. That's a little different. It's more of a contained world as a director. ... CHERYL HINES I barely watch TV. Somehow, I make it work with just the Internet. On TV, there's always so much... CHELSEA PERETTI That's the power of film. If it's good, it can somehow make you feel connected to even the f... RYAN GOSLING The humanists' replacement for religion: work really hard and somehow you'll either save you... DAVID BOWIE It's hard to bury your head in Los Angeles. People come up to you and say, 'Hey, I saw your ... CHELSEA PERETTI Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard. SERENA WILLIAMS It's really easy with makeup to look like you're trying too hard, like a clown. That's n... BECKY G If I go to someplace like Switzerland, I find a lot of uptight people because they're living amo... GEORGE HARRISON There are people who have energy that say 'don't come near me, don't get too close.'... NATHAN FILLION It's hard enough to just be a good actor. When you're on set, there's everything going a... JAMES MARSDEN In America, you're just an American. You're accepted. It doesn't matter that you're ... BENEDICT WONG I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. 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JOAN CUSACK 'Somnia' is a story about loss and, I guess, what you're willing to do to have closure a... KATEE SACKHOFF If you have a flop movie, so what? And if you have a hit movie, it's 'so what,' too - it... EDDIE MURPHY Any work that's worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That's true if ... CARLY FIORINA It's really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don't have a downtown, you really... ED MCMAHON There's ageism in everything. I don't give a hoot. It isn't what other people think; it&... CYNDI LAUPER If you are connected to your own internal being, it is very hard to be screwing and destroying and h... EVE ENSLER If you have a setback, and you're not doing well and then you overcome it somehow, it always sti... SAM DONALDSON When you're acting, you're escaping and hiding behind something. It's cliched to say, bu... TAMSIN EGERTON There are so few roles out there. And even if it is a film that could be led by a black actress, how... 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