Charlize Theron Quotes
I think substitution is a huge part of acting, but I don't personalise my work that much.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I was just finishing up 'Spotlight' in Toronto - I finished it on a Tuesday and started 'True Detective' on a Friday. So I was missing rehearsals, unfortunately, which I hate and why I never like to work back-to-back.
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When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring.
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Being on TV sucks. It's a lot of work. You memorize scripts and then you show up and they change everything. I'm a control freak. When I'm doing stand-up, I say what I want and then I get instant feedback.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else.
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I think great artists have no time to waste with having disproportionate egos and irrational requests. They're too focused on their work to actually lose themselves in hysterical spirals where they become monsters or tyrants.
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Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.
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I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.
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I have a tough time with stand-up because I am an improviser. I can riff; I can do crowd work, so I don't prepare.
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I'm motivated every second by my work; it doesn't switch off. The pictures I make come from every blink of my lashes.
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I've never seen hard work fail.
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Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.
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I'm proud of my work and how far I've come, and I'm proud of the way that I did it.
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I don't work with Sia every day; it depends what we do, whether we do performances or music videos, so the schedule is weird, but when we're off, we always try to see each other in between. We just hang out; we went to brunch one time, but for the most part I go to her house, and we eat and watch TV.
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It was a privilege to direct the music video for Adele's beautiful, heartbreaking song, 'Hello.' When I first heard it, all the images appeared clearly in my head - and her trust and generosity allowed me to work with abandon artistically and emotionally, like she always does. It made me extremely proud.
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I don't belong to any country clubs. I don't have this big circle of friends. Where I make my friends is where I work.
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I feel like at 50 I've decided to become a rock star, which is, you know, typical of me. I always seem to work backwards.
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I like to work spontaneously.
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There's nothing better than going to the movies and going into another world, and forgetting about everything that's happening outside.
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Reading while I'm writing ideally inspires my competitive side. When I read great writers, I want to be a better writer.
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I'm hoping they slow down a little bit with technology, because I'm just trying to keep up.
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In a sinful world, no community can exist for long where nobody is ever held accountable: no teacher would grade a student's performance; no citizen would sit on a jury or call a failed leader to account.
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I think substitution is a huge part of acting, but I don't personalise my work that much.
