Charlotte Lennox Quotes
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I played with Michy for Belgium. He is still young; he can finish and is very good. He just needs to adapt to English football, and he will. He is intelligent and a good player.
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My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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I'm uncomfortable with the limelight. I'm not the type to go to the places where I know I'll be seen. I'd rather keep a low profile.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.
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I've been training quite hard.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.
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I think what we owe each other is a celebration of life and to replace fear and hopelessness with fearlessness and joy.
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If you're having dinner with friends and they're always on the phone or always texting, it's just impolite. Unless it's something important - like someone is in the hospital or something - don't do it.
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But there's still an avenue for smaller comics and personal expression.
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I occasionally read digital books when I'm traveling, but I do so begrudgingly.
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The life of a good man is a continual prayer.
