- Nov 07, 2020
Matter Quotes
On what actually counts.
This page starts with a striking reframe of confinement as something that can happen mentally even to people who are physically free, and pairs it with career advice about simply landing that first entry-level role. For related thinking, see Life.
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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was lucky enough to be with my parents until I was 14. Having my parents tell me that I could do anything. I was special. I matter.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know what I did? I turned down an offer to do 'Enemy of the People' with Steve McQueen. It doesn't matter that the film was never really released. A movie like that, successful or not, adds to your credits. It leads to other roles.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am always looking for what piece, what artists, what playwrights, what directors, what subject matter is going to catalyze an audience.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the early process of asking questions about a story and deciding which questions matter most.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think in my family anyone looked after anyone. It didn't matter how old they were.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always loved singing. No matter where I was, I would just make up my own stuff.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.
- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose any note, no matter how sour, sounds like a song if you hold onto it long enough.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter if they're in front of the camera or behind the camera. I know women who are producers who are surviving on nothing but juice and almonds.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how bad or negative it gets, I somehow try to find the silver lining.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people like to think I'm in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the fact of the matter is I've been emancipated from my father since I was 14 years old. That's something people don't know or understand.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter my size. It's more a mindset. That's what people don't understand. It's the size the media talks about, but they don't know my heart.
- Mature
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- Nov 07, 2020
After a while, when the writer is mature, it doesn't really matter - not because of finances but because of reputation. It doesn't really matter how many awards you get.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
And the nature of magic is all in the person's experience. Whether the magician is using a highly complex sleight of hand or he's just got two cards that are the same, it doesn't matter: it's how it's sold and how magical it is for the person that matters.
- Principles
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- Nov 07, 2020
Race doesn't matter to the people who are violating our constitutional principles, but they make it matter to keep us divided.
- Civilization
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- Nov 07, 2020