Alan Dale quotes
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“When you're a regular on a TV show, they give you more of a backstory, so with these recurring gigs, you have to make up your own backstory.”
-- Alan DaleSource : "Alan Dale: The Nicest Bad Guy in The Biz". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. February 6, 2013.
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“The guys that write Once Upon a Time were major writers on Lost, and we had lunch when I started on OUAT and the first thing I said to them was, "I spent five years on Lost, you have to tell me, was my character good or bad?" They looked at me and said, "We have no idea." That's why you have to make your own backstory. I decided Widmore was the evilest of the evil, but in the end, not even the writers knew.”
-- Alan DaleSource : "Alan Dale: The Nicest Bad Guy in The Biz". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. February 6, 2013.
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“I came to The United States to see what would happen in 2000 after working for 20 years in Australia and asked my agent to look out for the nasty roles because I'd become famous for playing the nicest man in Australia. So I wanted to play bad guys. But I've been doing that now for 13 years so when I was offered the chance to do some comedy, I grabbed it.”
-- Alan DaleSource : "Alan Dale: The Nicest Bad Guy in The Biz". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. February 6, 2013.
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“I think the most fun I ever had was playing King Arthur in Spamalot on the West End.”
-- Alan DaleSource : "Alan Dale: The Nicest Bad Guy in The Biz". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. February 6, 2013.
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“My wife says I'm much happier when I'm not a regular on a TV show.”
-- Alan DaleSource : "Alan Dale: The Nicest Bad Guy in The Biz". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. February 6, 2013.
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“When you're tied to one show, you are very much at the mercy of the writers so you can suddenly get a script where you have a heart attack and die. I've got to be in The Guinness Book of World Records for having the most heart attacks on television.”
-- Alan DaleSource : "Alan Dale: The Nicest Bad Guy in The Biz". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. February 6, 2013.
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“I like the consistency of a TV show, but I like it for three months out of my year, not nine.”
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“There's so many more better TV shows than films coming out, in my opinion.”
Source : "Amy Smart Talks About Getting to Play Bad". Interview with Eric Goldman, www.ign.com. August 9, 2006.
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“I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.”
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Source : "The Essays of A. J. Muste (Pacifism and Class War)". Book edited by Nat Hentoff, 1967.
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“He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas.”
Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.49, Macmillan
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“The anxiety of not knowing what my next gig is keeps me hungry.”
Source : Source: www.avclub.com
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“The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.”
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