People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.

  • -- Gary Oldman 加里·奥德曼

人们认为一个人可以掌控自己的事业,这比你实际掌握的要多得多。你可以在一定程度上设计东西。但你完全听凭桌子对面的东西摆布。

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The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings.

造成我困难的主要原因是我女儿出生不健康的悲剧和我无法面对我的感情。

Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career.

喜剧演员倾向于找到一个舒适的地方,在那里呆着,在他们的职业生涯的剩余时间里做一些蹩脚的自我版本。

I would gladly do it but I am suffering from social phobia. I cannot manage being in a crowd of people.

我很乐意这么做,但我患有社交恐惧症。我无法挤在人群中。

We have to try to control what we can or else we cannot judge progress.

我们必须设法控制我们所能控制的,否则我们就不能判断进展。

I mean, there are things in the book you could never do in a movie.

我是说,书中有些东西是你在电影中永远做不到的。

The great break of my literary career was going to law school.

我文学生涯中最大的突破是上法学院。