- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love 'Cheers.' I didn't watch it growing up, but I watched it getting ready to do the first season of 'New Girl.' It bowls me over every time I see it. The romance, the comedy, the performances - every bit of it is just so compelling.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had this temp receptionist job in New York, and I kind of hated it, and in the morning I would come out of the subway and just walk along the New York streets with all these people around me and kind of sing to myself. Like, 'She's gonna make it!'
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is so exciting to me. It's a thrill; otherwise I wouldn't do it. Not to be hokey, but I think life is definitely worth living, whether you're working or not. For an actor, the character is the thing... it doesn't matter what medium you're in. as long as you have something to do.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been incredibly crazy about the fact that I'd have any fans at all. It says to me that the characters that I choose are interesting to people and that's thrilling to me. It really is.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am very benign-looking. I'm somewhat like a golden retriever: It's not hard to look at me. I'm perfectly fine. It's not like things jut out and make you nervous. But the lovely thing about being so pale and having such pasty features is that I can look like pretty much anything, which is nice.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Other people, including me, have written books with main characters who were old and rich. Or old and brilliant. Old sages, old wizards, old rich people.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never wanted anyone to think that I would use my family name to get me anywhere.
- Modeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've only done one shoot where it's modeling clothes, not like me in my environment. And the stylist, literally, I had her stand behind the photographer and do poses.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sisters are very academically inclined so whenever they would fix me up, it would always be from someone in their world, people they would find attractive. When they came to the door in suits, it was over.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A painting of a person can be descriptive, but for me it's about all the things that make up a picture - the feelings, the brushstrokes - more than describing somebody. People latch on to the personalities when they talk about my work and forget the other parts.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something in music that fascinates me - how it communicates emotion so immediately. That's something I wanted in my paintings.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who know me would say they get a kick out of the fact that I'm always playing nice people, not that I'm not a nice person, but it's not a defining element.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020