Top 40 Harewood Quotes
#1. I remember once saying in a television interview that the only things I hadn't been in were the opera and the ballet. Two days later, I got a call from Lord Harewood, of the English National Opera, saying "Would you like to be in 'Ariadne auf Naxos?'"
Donald Sinden
#2. Forget fashion, dress for comfort and for ease of getting through security, so no hats, belts or unnecessary accessories.
David Harewood
#3. Art is all about the experience. I could say I don't really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go, 'Blimey, look at that.'
David Harewood
#4. I remember when I first came to Los Angeles being staggered by the range of roles open to me. These were leading parts in shiny new projects, and what always excited me was knowing there was a possibility that I could actually get these parts. I always had the impression that I had a chance.
David Harewood
#6. I am the youngest of four children - three boys and one girl. I don't think becoming an actor had anything to do with seeking attention, though. My relationship with my siblings when I was growing up was close and playful.
David Harewood
#7. When I was in South Africa, I went for dinner with some friends, and I knew more about their history than they did - it just hasn't been told.
David Harewood
#8. Still, it's an interesting technique-leaving one person behind in order to find her or him somewhere else. And in someone else.
Caleb Carr
#9. So know what you like, know what makes you happy, stick with your guns, and state it with confidence.
Connor Franta
#10. Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls before that. I was also a client on a lot of lawyer shows.
Adam Brody
#11. I've done so much different stuff, people kinda go, 'Do you live in Islington?' 'Did you used to go to so and so school?' And when I say I'm an actor, they don't believe me!
David Harewood
#12. I'm a slow starter, but it's time to flip on the switch.
Joe Cowley
#13. It would be extraordinary if the BBC were to make me the first black 'Doctor Who;' it would be extraordinary.
David Harewood
#14. I loved working with Mandy Patinkin, I have to say.
David Harewood
#15. At school, I was the classroom clown - I was always being thrown out for being naughty. Before I left, a teacher called me in and suggested I became an actor.
David Harewood
#16. You have to have a certain single-mindedness if you want to reach the top of the profession, and I'm not sure if I've got that cold-eyed egomania that perhaps is needed to get to the top. So as long as I can keep paying the mortgage and keep myself interested, I'll be happy.
David Harewood
#18. I remember coming back to the U.K. after spending five months in Charlotte for 'Homeland,' and I just found myself just wandering around London. There's nothing like it - the buildings, the architecture, the sense of history, the sense of culture - there really is nothing like it.
David Harewood
#19. I prefer that for my own satisfaction over radio, there's no audience. TV, there's no audience. I need the response of the audience, even if it's a silent response.
Al Lewis
#20. For all its problems, I found South Africa a beautiful country, interesting and inspiring.
David Harewood
#21. Working at the National Theatre is just wonderful. There is no place like the South Bank on a summer's afternoon.
David Harewood
#23. I do enjoy acting, but it is such a game. So for that reason, I don't think I'll ever leave London.
David Harewood
#24. Fatherhood is a joy. I feel very lucky to have a family. It gives you a perspective on things.
David Harewood
#25. When I was sent the script for 'Homeland,' I didn't think anything of it. Three months later, my manager rang and said: 'They are interested in you.' I read it and I realised, 'Yes, I do want this.' Then I got an email saying I'd got it.
David Harewood
#26. You can't just turn on when something happens, you have to be turned on all the time. Then things happen.
Jay Maisel
#27. New York is vibrant, sexy, naughty, always surprising, and has great live music and great fashion.
David Harewood
#28. My parents are very proud of my success but still worry, as I'm in a profession where there is no guarantee of work. They have always supported my decision to go into acting, but there have been tough times work-wise.
David Harewood
#29. When I think about my children and how different their futures might be as a result of climate change, it makes me determined to do something about it.
David Harewood
#30. As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
Quintilian
#31. Everybody can, you know, go online, read about something, and have an opinion about something.
David Harewood
#32. Before recording my 'Homeland' audition on my iPhone in my bedroom in Streatham, I hadn't worked or had an audition in the U.K. for nine months.
David Harewood
#33. You look at the modern humans that a lot of us have slept with and it is hardly a surprise if a Neanderthal maiden or two might have twinkled by the campfire light.
Bill Bryson
#34. I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen, worked in catering.
David Harewood
#35. I always get this feeling on my last day of work that I'm never going to work again.
David Harewood
#36. When my agent told me I had an audition for 'Friar Tuck,' I burst out laughing. It actually brought a bit of sunshine to my day. I was thinking: fat suit. I was thinking: shaving my head. It was so outlandish, such a crazy idea.
David Harewood
#37. There is a horror that sometimes comes with being right.
Samantha
#38. I was poor but I knew that life is beautiful. And I had no other ambition than to discover with the help of new means those deep inner ties that linked me to the very soil.
Maurice De Vlaminck
#39. Financial literacy is an issue that should command our attention because many Americans are not adequately organizing finances for their education, healthcare and retirement.
Ron Lewis
#40. There are countless fantastic actors out there who are being denied the opportunity to play Broadway because they're not a name, and I think that's kind of wrong.
David Harewood
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