Guys all want something beyond what they're being given - in every facet of life.
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Glen Powell
Profession:
Actor
Born:
October 21, 1988
Nationality:
American
Quotes by Glen Powell
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If you say 'yes' to good things, you will get good things.
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Glen Powell
Mel Gibson taught me to run properly. You've got to pump your arms and move your feet faster, or you just don't look cool.
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Glen Powell
Everybody talks about how 'Everybody Wants Some!!' is the spiritual sequel to 'Dazed and Confused,' but there's a real trap in trying to recreate 'Dazed and Confused' - that magic is it's own thing.
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Glen Powell
My whole family was in 'Into the West' as a pioneer family; they're in the audience in 'The Great Debaters.' My family's been getting a lot of work off me!
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Glen Powell
When I first moved out to L.A. to be an actor, this family knew that I was a pretty big athlete back in Texas, and they said, 'You can live in our house for free if you coach our kid in football, basketball, and lacrosse.' So I was coaching all these sports teams, and I got to live at this house in Bel Air - this nine-acre estate - for free.
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Glen Powell
Chad Radwell lines are very, very quotable.
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Glen Powell
There's an energy and intimacy around a foosball table that nothing else compares to.
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Male bonding is the idea of having the confidence to say, 'I'm going to take you down.'
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Glen Powell
Life doesn't come in plot points or setups and payoffs. Life washes over you and passes.
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Glen Powell
I've done the day jobs and slung towels at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
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Glen Powell
The basic premise of math is about efficiency. And when you've got racism, sexism, and bigotry, that's just standing in the way of efficiency in our own progress.
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Glen Powell
Anybody who knows me knows that I'm a goofy and fun-loving guy.
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Ryan Murphy is a genius. In terms of television, very few have been as prolific.
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Glen Powell
When I read 'Scream Queens' for the first time, I felt the voice of the show was fresh, unapologetic, and non-stop fun.
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Glen Powell
Small screen or big screen my job on set doesn't really change. The only difference with TV is I get to be surprised with new information just like the audience every time I get a script.
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When you go to college, and you talk about your college experience, there's a lot of revisionist history that goes along with it. You tend to think of yourself as, 'Oh, I got all of the girls. I was the best athlete on the team. I was a straight-A student.' And that's probably not the case.
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Glen Powell
I'm not really a line type of guy. I mean, pick-up lines work for some guys. You gotta really sell that thing hard. I did try one pick-up line, and it failed miserably. I thought it was really funny, but the girl didn't find it very funny.
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Glen Powell
A Richard Linklater set is truly Eden.
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Glen Powell
When I was 16, I'd been cast in 'Fast Food Nation.' And while I was playing in a charity baseball game, I ended up breaking my arm about a week before filming was starting.
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Anybody that knows me knows that I'm a huge fan of Texas. I live and breathe Texas.
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You have to learn to be a healthy competitor, winning or losing. Because there can be a lot more losses than there are wins.
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Glen Powell
I feel like that's the nature of being a young guy - competition brings people closer. That's how I bond with people.
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Here I am, a struggling actor, and movie executives are saying to me, 'My son's not playing much. What can we do about that?' How do I tell someone I'm dying to work with, 'Your kid is kind of lazy?'
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Glen Powell
My style comes from a very masculine point, and Valentino has a very masculine fit. It's built for corn-fed guys like me.
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Glen Powell