Holland's Opus Quotes

#1. I took the part in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' because no one had ever asked me to play 'a life' before. I get to age through 30 years. The idea really challenged me.

Richard Dreyfuss

#2. When I wrote the words and I have the music, I felt, wow, you know, this has got to be right. I got to sing it right.

Stevie Wonder

#3. If you had of told me age 10 that in 19 years time I would be on a stage in Salford performing with Les Dennis in a sitcom I had written, I would have believed you.

Pippa Evans

#4. I refuse not to have a sense of humour.

Ken Livingstone

#5. Suddenly, out of its stale and drowsy air, the air of slaves,
Like lightning Europe le'pt forth,
Sombre, superb and terrible.

Walt Whitman

#6. A text from Rio comes in: I just paid my weed guy with a check. I think I've got the hang of this adulting thing.

Karina Halle

#7. I will never forget what you did to me. I will never forgive it. I will never stop mourning what you stole from me. But I realize now I can't steal it back and I'm done spending every day trying to.

Katja Millay

#8. As an actor, whether you look good or you don't, it's still about what you look like: Whether you are heavy enough to play this part or thin enough to play that part. The fact of the matter is, you can add a little weight with some extra padding, but you can't shave it off.

Cherry Jones

#9. The best cure for cranial constipation is emotional fiber. Feel 'something', anything.
Pain, anger, joy; if your heart goes eerily cold or leaps erratically from your chest, your synaptic bowels will soon find release.

Muse