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"Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition."
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"Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a total klutz."She smirked. "A job, eh?" Making things in your forge?""Nah, we could start our own shop," Leo said, surprising himself. Starting a machine shop had always been one of his dreams, but he'd never told anyone about it. "Leo and Calypso's Garage: Auto Repair and Mechanical Monsters."
"I had no proof that I had the stuff to be an artist, though I hungered to be one."
"There is nothing wrong with wanting more. There is no reason why you should n't get everything you want from life."
"It was strange to have those papers signed. Like any big project or crisis that takes every waking and non - waking moment in your life, it was odd to have it concluded. A move, a college degree, a wedding - something long - strived - for is completed, whatever the outcome, and there is a huge space where it all once was. All that open time now, and a continuing nagging sense that there's something you need to be doing."
"Status: the perpetual carrot that entices us from the front and prods us in the back."
"What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one."
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"Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre."
"I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema."
"I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets?"
"I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good."
"The strange thing is that since I've been offered lots of films I think that maybe they think that I've sold out to Hollywood. Which is not the case if anybody's listening."
"When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training."
"People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before."
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