- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had an audition for Mary Jane Watson in 'Spiderman' and ended up playing Betty Brant in that series. I auditioned for Amy Adams' role in 'Catch Me If You Can' and, you know, ended up playing the bank teller. So there were a lot of times early on where I felt like I was always sort of the bridesmaid, never the bride - never quite right.
- Director
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- Nov 07, 2020
I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am.
- Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to Princeton to major in comparative literature. I never went to film school, but I studied storytelling across mediums - poems, literature, film, and journalism.
- Funny Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The funny thing is, though I write mysteries, it is the one genre in adult fiction I never read. I read Nancy Drew, of course, when I was a kid, but I think the real appeal is as a writer because I'm drawn to puzzly, complicated plots.
- Hot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't ever want to be doing the same sort of thing, I never want to be typecast, because I have way too much to give to be sort of, to always be the hot chick in the movie.
- Canada
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was bitten by a brown recluse spider. It got me as I was coming out of the shower. I'd never seen that kind of spider before, I'm from Canada and we don't get those types up there.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think mixing political and personal with professional and national security issues is always a dangerous game and never worth it.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a political science professor and go to school in Boston. I never wanted to be a big, famous movie star and TV star. It kind of found me.
- Get A Real
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- Nov 07, 2020
After I graduated high school and came out to do 'Buffy,' I was enrolled at my mom's university, and I was going to go get a real job. I never thought of acting and never really wanted to be an actor.
- Video Games
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually, when you do video games, you don't interact with the other actors. You each record your audio on different days, and you never really meet the other characters.
- Certain Point
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- Nov 07, 2020