Paul Schneider Quotes

#1. Sometimes if you've got a story that's interesting enough, you don't need to pour sugar on ice cream. The ice cream is great.

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#2. When I do a job, I do it 100 percent. I am so grateful for the chance to do what I do.

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#3. I didn't grow up wanting to be an actor, and I didn't go to acting school.

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#4. If I ever stop acting, I'd like to be the author of that decision.

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#5. I come from a really lovely, really smart family where the only stress was money and employment.

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#6. You just can't be scared to do things that you think are mistakes.

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#7. What the entertainment industry can do is tempt you into making stupid mistakes, but the only tool that they have to tempt you is money. So if you're okay saying no to money, then you can say no to a lot of things that you might be embarrassed of later.

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#8. I feel like I'm still learning the ropes of how television works. Obviously I have good folks surrounding me on different shows. It's funny because sometimes in film I'm sort of the third guy to the left, you can be as insane as you want to be as that guy.

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#9. Too thick to drink," as the boatmen used to say about the water of the Mississippi River, "too thin to walk on.

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#10. I was really affected by 'The Piano.' Had I not seen that movie, I wouldn't have gone to film school.

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#11. I feel strongly about showing up and being prepared and not taking the opportunity for granted and being conscientious about my fellow co-workers.

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#12. I'm just happy when directors make a movie that is really sentimental but without being maudlin or saccharine or too much like Chewels gum. I don't want to be involved in a movie that's too much like a piece of Chewels.

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#13. I'm going to do my job and I don't care if I'm not friends with anybody. I don't need to be best friends with all my co-workers to do a good job.

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