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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you look at the Kennedys, if you look at Bill Clinton, I think our country has decided or learned that we are all flawed, that we all have imperfections, and if all of that were revealed about each one of us, we would all be tainted.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't fake comedy. You can't make it look beautiful or put an interesting bit of music on in the background: funny can only be funny if you're funny.
- Image
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- Nov 07, 2020
You get an image after you act in a film, but it is not necessary that you last long because of that image.
- Beautiful Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can use your womb if you want - it's the most beautiful thing to do if you want - but it's not our only reason to be put on this earth.
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- Nov 07, 2020
An hour show panics me a lot less than five minutes at the O2. How do you put yourself across and make sure people have a good time in five minutes?
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the U.K. and Ireland, crowd-work is a big thing. It shows you how funny someone would be if you met them off-stage. Americans don't care if you're funny off-stage. They want to see the writing; they want to see the work you did.
- Daily Basis
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's so many things that people do on a daily basis that they do as a way of defining who they are. But really, what defines who you are is when circumstances push you to the edge.
- Loneliness
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- Nov 07, 2020
The loneliness is when you pick up and move, even if you are not originally from that place, and you have some memories that you want to embrace. Having a life in transit, I feel like you are always looking out the back window.
- Nov 07, 2020
I trained in London as a classical actor, but you've no idea what way your career will go.
- Nov 07, 2020
The camera is interested in what you are thinking as opposed to just what you are doing or saying.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far.
- Nov 07, 2020
No-one posts photos of themselves on Instagram when you're eating spaghetti hoops out of a tin going 'Why?'
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- Nov 07, 2020