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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tried to bang down a lot of doors but Virgin were the only label who believed in what I was doing. I ended up with the label that understood what I was trying to do.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was doing telenovelas in Miami and Mexico, and everyone's dream when you're an actor is to be in Hollywood.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read a quote to the effect that we are always writing about ourselves no matter what we're doing. That may be so.
- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, doing a work, telling a story very much represents a way to save my own life, and on so many levels.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was illustrating, and I was cleaning people's houses; I was doing whatever I could to take care of my kid as a single parent.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just having the whole control over your body is so important when you're modelling - to just be able to know exactly what you look like and what you're doing.
- Jewelry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hated modeling. I was so scared. But as soon as I started doing jewelry, I did better as a model.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to prove to anyone or prove to myself. I'd rather just enjoy and show myself that I am capable of doing it and actually going through the process.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the entire first term, Obama and his people blamed Bush for everything - which is another way of saying they felt Bush and the Bush years were the inescapable reference point for everything they were themselves doing.
- Gravel
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.
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- Nov 07, 2020