- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doing Quotes
On action, effort and the discipline of doing the work.
These lines describe doing in its many forms: the overlap between film and television production, the uncertainty built into research, and committing to work you believe in even without much recognition. For more, see our Action quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
Not everyone can say, 'I'm going to write a classic today.' If that was the case, we'd all be doing it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ones doing that, counting me out, are going to look silly.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tried softball and soccer. I just didn't take as much of a liking to it as I did sitting in a movie theater and watching people recreate a story, and doing it myself, as well.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started theater when I was three, and I started doing professional acting when I was nine.
- Guest Star
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- Nov 07, 2020
Television is a lot more fast-paced, where with films, you really have the ability to get to know your characters. When I was doing guest star roles, I was only one, like, one episode of a thirty minute to an hour show, so you don't really have time to get to know my characters.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are not like the social insects. They have only the one way of doing things and they will do it forever, coded for that way. We are coded differently, not just for binary choices, go or no-go. We can go four ways at once, depending on how the air feels: go, no-go, but also maybe, plus what the hell let's give it a try.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doing a festival in Hong Kong was special, looking out and seeing this massive crowd and the city.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love to be producing movies, acting in more movies, and doing projects that are Oscar-worthy... have kids, be married, all that, being a normal human being as well, balancing it all out.
- Amateur
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started doing amateur theatre and played Rosa Parks at the age of 12 or 13. At 16, I decided it was what I wanted to do.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked two jobs when I got pregnant. I was doing 'Greenleaf' on weekdays and doing 'Set It Off,' the play, on weekends.
- Expression
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- Nov 07, 2020