John Simm Quotes

#1. Leaders can get stuck in groupthink because they're really not listening, or they're listening only to what they want to listen to, or they actually think they're so right that they're not interested in listening. And that leads to a lot of suboptimal solutions in the world.

Jacqueline Novogratz

#2. I'm incredibly proud of 'Life On Mars' and 'Doctor Who.' They're just a blast to do.

John Simm

#3. I'm not only my films, but I'm pretty much my films.

Leos Carax

#4. Success, however you judge what that even means, brings with it certain pressures.

John Simm

#5. Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights

Malala Yousafzai

#6. I'm good at being on my own. As a kid, I was always in my room alone, so I have a high threshold for it. If I'm bored, I'll read. Hanging around doesn't go well with me.

John Simm

#7. Yes, we'll go look," he replied sternly. "But you will stay with the rest of us and not dash around like a demented snow hare!

Erin Hunter

#8. When I got to 40, I was happy. Now I can wear what I like, listen to what I like, don't have to try and be cool. I'm someone's dad and it doesn't matter any more. That's an enormous freedom.

John Simm

#9. Life is easy greediness adds complexity

John Simm

#10. To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

Akhenaton

#11. I'm not a people person. I'm not sociable. I have been and I can be, but not as a general rule.

John Simm

#12. It is something only a few know in their lives. It is a vision of something so clear, so true, it can only be a madness. You see what life is worth, and you know what death means.

Raymond E. Feist

#13. Art
the fresh feeling, new harmony, the transforming magic which by means of myth brings back the scattered distracted soul from its modern chaos
art, not politics, is the remedy.

Saul Bellow

#14. Far more gardens fail because the gardener is absent or not paying attention than because he or she lacks erudition. Yes, you need to know your ABCs [the basics], but the more you garden, the more you'll learn what works and what doesn't.

Barbara Damrosch

#15. Polish those gems within brightly, so you may shine ...

Gino Norris

#16. You never undertake a project because you think other people will like it - because that way lies madness - but rather because you believe in it.

John Simm

#17. I spent most of my youth in Manchester, in clubs and football grounds and the Manchester Apollo.

John Simm

#18. Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them.

John Simm

#19. I used to be mouthy. It was all to do with being a northerner and from Manchester, which was suddenly a big deal when I was in my 20s. When I read some of the interviews I did back then, I cringe.

John Simm

#20. True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it.

Alexandre Dumas

#21. I can't watch shows like 'The X Factor,' for instance. I just squirm for the people involved, for the way they're being used. It's the cruellest, most ridiculous show on television. It's ruined music, ruined everything.

John Simm

#22. I think I can be closed in. I can close this outer shell, cut myself off and be quite cold. I can cut other people off if I need to. I don't think I'm angry, though ... Maybe my wife would disagree.

John Simm

#23. Twitter has restored my faith in humanity. I thought I'd hate it, but while there are lots of knobheads, there are even more lovely people. It delights me how witty and friendly most people are.

John Simm

#24. I love Manchester. I always have, ever since I was a kid, and I go back as much as I can. Manchester's my spiritual home. I've been in London for 22 years now but Manchester's the only other place, I think, in the country that I could live.

John Simm

#25. It's horrible to get a cameraphone shoved in your face every time you walk out the door.

John Simm