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"In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me."
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"Nirvana was like that- Nirvana was like the only band to come out of that- it was like the same thing, Seattle was like this whole scene and it was like this big scene that was thrust upon America."
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"In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America."
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"I had been in so many towns and cities in America with John Kennedy, but I was not with him in Dallas, Texas, on November 21, 1963."
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"I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights."
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"I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America."
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"I think I came back from America a funnier and nicer person than I went."
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"Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable."
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"I just feel happy to be in America, like I said, it's the most beautiful country in the world."
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"Racism may be as systemic as it always was. It is the great problem of America. It's the one stumbling block that I don't believe was ever smoothed over."
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"The popular song is America's greatest ambassador."
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"The last thing I would attempt to do is to buy clothes for a child I didn't know well."
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"I'd love to try my hand at something else."
Love
"I absolutely don't care about my looks and I'm so used to them that I wouldn't change a thing. I would end up missing my defects."
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"My singing voice is somewhere between a drunken apology and a plumbing problem."
Apology
"As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff."
Want
"I'm not patient, and some things drive me crazy. In my work, I get incredibly upset when people don't get it right or don't respect others' needs."
Work
"To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all."
Want
"I do think I'm a character actor."
Character
"I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast."
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"The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think."
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