- Exposing
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- 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
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could go my whole life and say, 'I'm not going to do anything with a love triangle,' but whenever you have a romance, there has to be some obstacle, and even the dumbest romantic comedies have a love triangle or something.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the director, you cannot control what people do after hours or in their trailers or on break. Why would you want to? But you can't.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Zombies, mummies - they're disgusting and gross. You don't want to make out with a mummy. At least, I don't.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
As you study vampire legend throughout history, it goes back to almost every culture. South Africa, Indonesia, crazy places have that legend and that idea of immortality.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stephenie Meyer said she's ready to move on from 'Twilight,' but you never know.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Can you have it all, as a woman? Can you be a creative artist and have stability and a home life? How much can you stretch yourself as an artist?
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're in a creative flow with somebody - and I had this back in architecture school - you're just so passionate about what you're doing, and if that other person is just as passionate, you'll be madly in love with them. It's just that thrill of creating.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the reasons you take a role is because it's something you always wanted to do, from going to the movies as a kid. I always wanted to do a 1950s movie, for example. And I got a chance to be in 'Peggy Sue Got Married.' I would have taken only one line of dialogue to be in that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
People always want you to look pretty. I would like to live in the Midwest in a small town and never put makeup on. But they won't let you do that. Once I went through a period when I did do that, wore no makeup, wore my hair any which way, and people looked at me like I was a bum.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Cornell, my acting teacher said you cannot be religious and be an artist. I sort of got it, because faith is a comfort and art comes from a lot of places, in a lot of people, from the dark chasm.
- Prayer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before we took down the tree each year, Dad would always say a prayer that we would be together the next Christmas. I cling to that prayer, which serves as a reminder that it's important to be grateful in the present for the people you love because, well, you never know.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a risk-taker; that's probably why I write - because when you're easily bored, but you don't like taking risks, you end up doing it all in your head.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're a dweeb, when you're really young, it stands out. But as everybody gets older and more conservative, it's not an issue any more.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always told you're not going to make much money from writing. You can actually do it. Now I've built a really good, big house out of words.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020