Michael On
Michael On
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I consider myself a kind of a one-man government-in-exile. I don't want to call it a government - let's call it one man's idea of American freedom in exile.
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Interviews don't go to the core of my life. Everybody knows my life - it's an open book.
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I know a lot about Canadian politics. I lived in Canadian bars for six years.
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Film is something that came later into my life. I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation.
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When I saw Paul Scofield do 'Love's Labor's Lost at Stratford,' that's when I saw the potential of the level of truth that could go on up there on a stage. I said, 'This is what I want to do.'
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Obama's IRS is not the IRS I've ever known for over seventy years as an American citizen.
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Violent drama has been a hallmark of every great civilization. It is not the cause of the disease - it is an immunizing factor. People go to the theater to experience emotions like fear and loathing. Violent drama shows us where we come from. It makes us face our hypocrisy.
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My passion is New York and the vitality that makes it special.
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With representation there to do the speaking, the guilty are suddenly given the freedom that comes with hiding behind the fact that they never said that - in fact, they never said anything!
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Pretending to be other people helped bring me out of my shell and shed my inhibitions.
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I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself.
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If you are a musician and you don't show any interest on the business level then you are actually vulnerable and people will rip you off. They will sweet talk you into anything.
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In the past, I have not been able to hear myself. I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically.
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I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son. What a great honor.