Christina Ricci Quotes
You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson.
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Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
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Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.
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These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
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If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
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I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
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'Moonlight' changed me. To see people so moved by this movie inspires me to find something else to offer. And maybe the next one touches only five people or maybe just one person. To me, you know, that would still be worth it.
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To denigrate the union movement in this way is to denigrate the right and the ability of people who are not rich to organize and to accomplish things together.
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For me, there are no my people and strangers, no bad people and good people. All people are equal for me.
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There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
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The question of likability is a bit of a puzzler for me. You know, I don't write people with likability in mind. It's more whether or not I find them compelling.
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My girlfriend tells me if I'm doing a movie I'm a roller coaster of emotions all the time, but on 'Boardwalk,' because I've done it for so long and I'm so in tune with the character, she says I'm pretty happy most of the time.
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You get to be famous or have some notoriety and there are so many people who want a piece of you.
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I weave the company into what we laughingly call 'Jack's novel.' I write this novel for them about who they are and what's going on in their world. When I had 90 people in 'Porgy and Bess,' each had a story, history and family relationship.
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If people are looking forward to my films, then I am happy, and I must be doing something right.
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I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions.
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The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.
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So much of the physical world has been explored. But the deluge of data I get to investigate really lets me chart new territory. Genetic data from people living today forms an archaeological record of what happened to their ancestors 10,000 years ago.
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I don't mind being goofy and silly. I love to make people laugh and I'm not self-conscious.
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What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.
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We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards in number.
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We never invent new reasons to continue with a position when the original reasons are no longer available.
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Quality is made in the board room. A worker can deliver lower quality, but she cannot deliver quality better than the system allow.
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I remember I was at a press conference where somebody came up to me with absolute confidence, like he knew me forever, and whispered in my ear, 'You should sing a song now. The Indian audience will enjoy it. Your songs will improve India and Pakistan's relations.' I clarified to him that I wasn't Ali Zafar.
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You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson.
