- Singing
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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
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
When in doubt, cook a Sunday roast, get the family around you, and you'll feel fine afterwards.
- Nov 07, 2020
When you're playing a romantic version of a real person, you're playing a version of the truth.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was little, I would always try and look into the television screen along the sides. I kept thinking if you looked in there, you could see what was happening off camera.
- Getting Dressed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like getting dressed up. It's hard because as a woman, as an actor, the whole world wants you to enjoy dressing up.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations. As you become more famous, people come and expect to hear something extraordinary, so you don't want to disappoint them. I feel this sense of responsibility.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
What gets you out of bed in the morning? This is a question I'm often asked as a politician. It tends to be closely followed by a dozen other questions about what I'll do in 'x' scenario or whether I'll resign if 'y' happens.
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes you need to break away from something in order to know how much you need or want it.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
Puberty is an extremely traumatic process even if you don't realize it. It kind of lives with you for like 10 years.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
The period from conception to two is about the development of a baby's emotional capacities. Mum saying, 'Oh, darling, I love you,' and singing baby songs and pulling faces literally stimulates the synapses in the brain.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the most important thing when you're telling a story is to just tell the story as best as you possibly can.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is able to make a person dream. When you dream, you dream of something good, something beautiful, and when you dream, you always dream of yourself better than you are.
- Circumstances
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't tell you how disheartening it is to be told to go home because the director is filming you from behind and you don't have the right kind of body. As an actress, to be told that... Well, it's just a very odd set of circumstances.
- Certain Extent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Transformation as a female actor is allowed up to a certain extent - as long as they can still recognize you on a red carpet. For a woman to be a shape-shifter, and to be that malleable in spirit, is really not OK with the patriarchy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020