- Man
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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
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're an actress, you are a part of the storytelling process. You have to do the same thing when you direct.
- Equality
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- Nov 07, 2020
You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
If an executive producer has written a certain line, and an actress says it, and it's not very funny, you don't dare go to them and say, 'I don't like this,' because it will make your life miserable.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're the mom in a big family comedy, you have to get your personality when you can.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the years, if you look at the films of people like Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, their supporting characters, even if it's a doorman with two lines, always seem three-dimensional. To me, that's a sign of good storytelling.
- Nov 07, 2020
'Redistributing the wealth' - that phrase gets used so much that you almost get numb to it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think you have to see the high highs and the low lows to get to the core of what makes us tick as people.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money. That's what selling out is.
- Nov 07, 2020
To have children on the set, you realize that if a 10-year-old can do it, who are you kidding? It humbles you.
- Nov 07, 2020
You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.
- Integrity
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you can maintain your standards and your integrity and you fail, it's OK. It's when you sell out and you fail that you feel pretty sick inside.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020