"There tends to be a jealousy in England towards countries that are successful."
-Chris O'Dowd
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"Social media is great, I guess, but it feels like technology is the sapper of innocence.“
-Chris O'Dowd
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"I think there's something in the fact that it's hard to be good looking and funny. You have to have an oddball quality people have to sympathise with you to find you funny."
-Chris O'Dowd
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"When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is - and it's because comic acting isn't taken seriously enough. It's a discipline. You know instantly - either you're funny and getting the laughs, or you're not."
-Chris O'Dowd
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"I mean, I'm an uncle of seven or eight, and I don't mind it at all! Kids are great. Kids are the best six-hour experience you can have!"
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"When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is - and it's because comic acting isn't taken seriously enough. It's a discipline. You know instantly - either you're funny and getting the laughs, or you're not."
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"Well, when you're the youngest of five, parents kind of lose interest more and more through the children. I think my eldest brother was under loads of pressure to do something amazing with his life, but by the time I came around they were like, 'Well, let's hope he doesn't kill a guy.'"
-Chris O'Dowd
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"If we had had the right technology back then, you would have seen Eva Braun on the Donahue show and Adolf Hitler on Meet the Press."
-Ed Turner
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"Technology has changed, and we need to figure out how to improve the archaic way of what makes a hit, or how to determine how many viewers are watching beyond some people with Nielsen boxes in a small percentage of homes in random areas."
-Jim Rash
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"Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously."
-Aaron Swartz
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"I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them."
-Jim Balsillie
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"Just let me use the technology I want at a fair price."
-Jonathan Potter
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"But I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base for living and working and transporting ourselves through space."
-Jack Schmitt
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