"There are kids who get on a BMX bike when they're eight years old and they go, 'Whoa, this is incredible,' and grow up to do extreme sports. It's the same for me with acting."
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"I wouldn't feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I'd be bored to death.“
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"Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble."
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"I still think that movies are amazing I respect actors and directors."
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"With public figures involved in a relationship it seems that there is a machine behind their love so oftentimes."
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"So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb."
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-John Thorn
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