- Getting
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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
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I go back to theater, I feel good about myself. When I do films or TV, it's to make a little bread to pay my mortgage or whatever, and when I've made the money, I do theater again. And when I get a part I like, a part I can work on, that satisfies me. I feed good about myself.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was supposed to do a film with Bill Shatner called 'Free Enterprise 2.' They were calling me into wardrobe, and they said they are holding off for a while. Then the next thing I knew... either the money dropped out, or the producer ran off with the money. I think it's the second story that's true.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young and it was someone's birthday, I didn't have the money to buy nice presents so I would take my mom's camera and make a movie parody for whoever's birthday it was. When I'd show it them, they'd die laughing. That reaction was a high for me, and I loved that feeling.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first plays were amazingly bad, but I had a teacher who thought I had promise, and he kept working with me. I finally went to a summer workshop before my senior year with people like Sam Shepard and Maria Irene Fornes who encouraged me to write from my subconscious, and suddenly all this material about culture clash came out.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that plays are probably the most personal, because it's just me in charge, but sometimes it's just really - I think that there's honor in being a good artist, and there's honor in being a good 'craftsperson.'
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a long time, it was hard for me to get my work done in Chicago. Silk Road gave me opportunities to do shows like 'Golden Child' - shows that nobody else seemed interested in. And they bring an artistic integrity to the work that matches anything you'll find at a bigger theatre.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew I was Chinese, but growing up, it never occurred to me that that had any particular implication or that it should differentiate me in any way. I thought it was a minor detail, like having red hair.
- Minority
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, it seems to me Lincoln, I suppose, is kind of a model of a particular sort of presidency, a presidency that first of all is elected by a minority of the votes.
- Anything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anything simple always interests me.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.
- Nov 07, 2020
Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond.
- Spring
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- Nov 07, 2020