- Nov 07, 2020
Long Quotes
On patience, process and playing the long game.
Several quotes here describe how long real work actually takes: commissioning a television show, learning from mistakes only years later, or thinking generationally about where humanity stands. For a related theme, see our Long Time quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real trick to auditioning is just letting go of trying to please them. Make it your own. That took me a long time to learn.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been with a group of people for that long. I mean, even my family I don't think I know as intimately as the people I worked with on 'West Wing.'
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to feel sexy and pretty and young as long as I can.
- Lucky
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been really lucky to play sort of a diverse array of characters over my relatively short career, although it feels really long.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I originally wanted to stay in Chicago as long as I could. I love Chicago. I don't love L.A. I don't want to leave Chicago.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a play where something went wrong, 'Cause it's five hours, twelve minutes long. If you sit there, my friend, From beginning 'til end, Then your bladder better be strong!
- Motherhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a motherhood penalty because we've been long taught things that are stigmatized about motherhood. As workers, we don't want to talk about our kids at work. We're afraid to, or that when we leave at 5:30 to relieve the sitter we're somehow going to be diminished.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've done music as a hobby, either in musical theater or just jamming with friends, pretty much for as long as I can remember.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're a guy, you should get girls flowers all the time. They never get old and you can never get them enough. I'm never disappointed when I get flowers. I always thought guys who don't buy women flowers are such fools. All it takes is one. A little goes a long way with flowers.
- Distinctive
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the most distinctive evolutionary features of human beings is our unusually long, protected childhood.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not saying I'll never go solo - never is a long time - but I've always been onstage with someone else. That way, you're in it together, and you can feel, together, when the songs are right.
- Business Side
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was recently asked about the business side of 'Biggest Loser,' but as long as we entertain people, we can keep coming back and making a difference. It's a delicate balance, but one feeds off the other. I feel so good about the show - it's uplifting and inspiring and entertaining at the same time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are times, like after a long day of work, when the thought of an easy drive-through is enticing. But then I remember how crappy I felt when I ate fast food in the past, and it inspires me to head to the grocery store or my local farmer's market and whip up an easy but healthier option.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020