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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
- Nov 07, 2020
There are lots of actors, and you need a way to stand out. Writing comedy sketches was a way of doing that.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
You should lead your own life, do what you have to. If people recognize you, it gives you support. If they don't, how does it matter?
- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, when you grow up dancing, you have to become very comfortable in your own skin.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up very much an athlete and very much a swimmer and a dancer and a horse rider and surf lifesaving club, you name it I've probably done it. I just find so much gratification in being physical.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a dancer for fifteen years, and I think a lot of what dancing gives you crosses over so much into anything to do with fighting, martial arts, anything action.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're not the brightest or if you're not great at sports, or if you're not artistic, then you've got to find a way to make your mark; otherwise you're just this tiny little insignificant dot. I didn't want to be insignificant, so I made people laugh.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things change when you get to 40. I'm embarrassed even that I'm going through it. In a very morbid way, at 40 you become aware of how long you've been on Earth and you start to question what you're going to use the remaining time doing.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the best comedy is tragicomic. Yeah, I suppose if you were to look at everything I've done, there is a bit of a black streak through all of it. It's not deliberate: it's what makes me laugh, and there's a fine tradition of it, especially in Ireland.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each child brings so much joy and hope into the world, and that is reason enough for being here. As you grow older, you will contribute something else to this world, and only you can discover what that is.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Young children are naturally so philosophical. They ask: 'What is real? What is truth?' They have to learn it; they don't automatically know it. To them, it's a game. You can study this for years in college, and yet you probably asked it when you were four or five years old.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like this: When you call me in to do something with you, you must want me to do soul-singing. Because you know I'm a soul singer. Don't ask me to come in and rap. And don't ask me to come in and sing pop.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn't la-di-da. There is something that's going to pull you up short. I want to reassure young readers. I want to comfort them, to not fear the unexpected.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When students ask me today, 'What do you think we should learn from this book?' I tell them, 'Whatever you got out of it.'
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020