Sydney Quotes - Page 6

• I barely ever watch TV, but when I do, I usually only watch MTV shows, like 'The Real World Sydney.'

  Ryan Sheckler

  Real, Mtv, Watches

  Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. October 15, 2007.

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• The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.

  Victor Garber

  Character, Play, Phones

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I had some vague memory of visiting Canberra as a lad, when we came up with my father by car. But when I made the long train journey from Sydney to Canberra and arrived at the little stop, I did wonder slightly whether this really was the national capital.

  John Henry Carver

  Memories, Father, Journey

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• Living in Sydney, I've taken the chance to start surfing again. One of my best memories of growing up is catching my first proper wave and surfing across it and my brother cheering at me from the shore.

  Markus Zusak

  Brother, Cheer, Growing Up

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• There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company.

  Graeme Murphy

  Dancer, Waiting, Lines

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• Sydney is a very good market for us - we have a very strong following here.

  Graeme Murphy

  Strong, Very Good, Following

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• I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a little younger tried to change my accent gradually. But I've only ever really lived in Sydney and Los Angeles, so I haven't been influenced by the accents of some far-off land.

  Callan McAuliffe

  Land, Voice, Sound

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• As far as I'm concerned, Cate Blanchett is a goddess, but she's really down to earth. She's got all those Oscars, she's made all those amazing films and she could spend her whole life doing that, but what does she also do? She gives birth to three boys and creates her own theatre in Sydney.

  Sylvester McCoy

  Boys, Giving, Theatre

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• I got expelled from every school I went to in Sydney.

  Poppy Montgomery

  School

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• I'm a Sydney suburban boy shaped entirely by the western suburbs.

  Bryan Brown

  Boys, Western, Suburbs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In terms of theater, there's not a more supportive theater community than in New York. It's really kind of a real thrill to go there. I mean, don't forget, I'm a boy from the suburbs of Sydney, so getting to New York is a huge, huge thrill.

  Hugh Jackman

  New York, Real, Mean

  Interview with Michelle Zoromski, www.ign.com. April 29, 2003.

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• One afternoon when I was 9, my dad told me I'd be skipping school the next day. Then we drove 12 hours from Melbourne to Sydney for the Centenary Test, a once-in-a-lifetime commemorative cricket match. It was great fun - especially for a kid who was a massive sports fan.

  Hugh Jackman

  Sports, Fun, Dad

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• I think people care. If not, why do so many people spend money going on vacations to see architecture? They go to the Parthenon, to Chartres, to the Sydney Opera House. They go to Bilbao... Something compels them, and yet we live surrounded by everything but great architecture.

  Frank Gehry

  Vacation, Thinking, People

  Interview with David Sheff, www.playboy.com. March 1, 2011.

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• I wanted to have the opportunity to travel to Vietnam and Sydney, and have the chance to work there.

  Brendan Fraser

  Travel, Opportunity, Vietnam

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.

  Baz Luhrmann

  Travel, Light, Cities

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• The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I've got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I'm getting on a plane.

  Kylie Minogue

  Dad, Doctors, Two

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• One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life.

  Nana Mouskouri

  Beautiful, Memories, House

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• Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

  Olivia Newton-John

  Games, Feelings, Singing

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• I'd love to come to Australia. I'd love to walk about the Sydney Opera House.

  Nik Wallenda

  Australia, House, Opera

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• Actually, Sydney is my second favourite city on earth, I love Sydney, but this is the greatest.

  Jeffrey Archer

  Favourite City, Cities, Earth

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• I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate in. And there's one little group... well it's not little, it's got hundreds of people marching, and they're all very sweet, middle-aged and elderly people who are the parents of gay children who are out and proud.

  Jacki Weaver

  Sweet, Children, Gay

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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