- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Enough Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
In television you don't have a lot of time to spend with the role or the script. Typically you get a script a week prior to shooting. Sometimes it's even less time, not enough time to dream about the role.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love all types of music. Jazz, classical, blues, rock, hip-hop. I often write scripts to instrumentals like a hip-hop artist. Music inspires me to write. It's either music playing or completely silent. Sometimes distant sound fuels you. In New York there's always a buzzing beneath you.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people would view Jackie Robinson as a very safe African-American, a docile figure who had a tendency to try to get along with everyone, and when you look at his history, you learn that he has this fire that allows him to take this punishment but also figure out savvy ways of giving it back.
- Nov 07, 2020
You need to use data science and machine learning to get the ground truth of what's happening inside of a company.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People have said, 'You don't need to do any more biopics. You don't need to play any more real people.' I don't agree with that.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
The goal of a private company is, first, zero to one: Get past the product-market fit; figure out whether people actually care about what you're trying to build and someone will pay you money for that. That's the zero to one problem.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you take existing ideas and make them affordable and scalable, you substantially change business models. India lacks an education system that is research- and creativity-oriented.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're doing a character, you want to know the full landscape. You want to know them spiritually, mentally and physically.
- Luxury
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- Nov 07, 2020
In TV, you're basically shooting an episode in 10 to 14 days; 14 days is a luxury situation. And in film, you have anywhere from a month to three months, or it can be even longer than that, depending on what the production is.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes when you're acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.
- Sacrifice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think when you think about immigration, what we need to do is realize that that human capital, if put in a place to succeed, will literally sacrifice everything.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played Little League baseball, but I also played basketball. Basketball was my primary sport. When you play basketball seriously, a lot of times, through the summer season, you continue playing. So that replaced me playing baseball.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020