- Crafting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Day Quotes
Lines on routine, duty and the shape of an ordinary day.
These quotes span a wide range of daily experience: actors describing the grind of read-throughs and reshoots, and reflections on the discipline service members carry with them off duty as well as on. For more on the rhythm of daily life, see our Day-To-Day Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always used to wonder why American actors were getting fat, then I made a U.S. movie. I'm seeing all the food every day, and there's lots of waiting around because making an American movie is very slow.
- Nor
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- Nov 07, 2020
No day is alike, nor should it be.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
If it's a regular day, I won't wear any makeup, just leave my hair down and head out to the car.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I think back to my childhood, I just think of the word 'freedom.' In the summers, we spent all day on the beach.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems the more I play Jane Austen, the more poetic my writing becomes. The other day, I left a Post-it note for my husband that had the word 'ergo' on it. I gotta rein it in before I get all full out Madonnannoying.
- Deja Vu
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first walked into 54 Below, I had this kind of deja vu experience and tried to imagine what this was like back in the day when I would come here at night after doing 'A Chorus Line.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
James Agate, a great critic of the day, advised me that the way to learn your job properly was to learn Shakespeare, so I went to Stratford. It really sorts out the men from the boys.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
- Not Knowing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was obsessed with not knowing what happened after you were dead. And I sat or kneeled for a whole day with my head against the wall, trying to figure it out. But I couldn't, and I just said, 'Okay.' And then it was nothingness.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I want to hand one of my old shotguns that I've had for 50 years to my grandkid one day, I have to go through a federal transfer? It's crazy.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thank Heaven every summer's day of my life, that my lot was humbly cast within the hearing of romping brooks, and beneath the shadow of oaks.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020