- Me
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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
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should do this. It will look good.' Or 'I'll write like this because it will impress that critic.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation. Books saved me from being miserable.
- Circumstances
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- Nov 07, 2020
In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having cancer is one thing; looking like you have cancer is another thing. It's a disease that already takes so much.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If your body is excited to do something, that's what you should be doing. Or if it really scares you, you should be doing it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what makes people resilient is the ability to find humour and irony in situations that would otherwise overpower you.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You will not find me repeating a character or carrying similar mannerism in different films.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are certain things you learn to do as a parent - using every single part of your body because you're multitasking all the time. You're holding the baby and you're closing the door with your left foot.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the great perks of being an actor is you're only as smart as the job you're in, you know, and you're only as informed as the job you're in, and you do become an expert, and you read all the books, but then there's a part of, like, you move on.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a novelist, you deepen your characters as you go, adding layers. As a reporter, you try to peel layers away: observing subjects enough to get beneath the surface, re-questioning a source to find the facts. But these processes aren't so different.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think you can go from being not very funny to working really hard for 10 years and figuring out how to make a living on the road, but I don't think you can rise much above that.
- Crafting
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- Nov 07, 2020