Karyn Kusama Quotes
I love horror. It's funny, because 'The Invitation' never struck me as horror, but it's definitely that type of thriller.
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I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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When I do retire, I will miss the trips with the team, the jokes with my teammates, the habits: having breakfast with them, playing with them, all the little things.
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I have spent a lot of time listening to people who are serving life sentences and getting to know them and the circumstances of their lives. I have never met anyone serving a long prison sentence who had anything close to what I could call a childhood; instead, the upbringings always - always - involve extreme situations of poverty and abuse.
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During the decade following the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA, the problem of translation - namely, how genetic information is used to synthesize proteins - was a central topic in molecular biology.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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I don't think young men or women should feel pressured into marriage. You shouldn't marry anyone, in my opinion, who you have to try hard for.
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I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.
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Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course.
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In most cases, my favorite Jethro Tull songs will be determined by how I feel about them as live performance songs, not by the recorded identity.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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Frances Conroy - brilliant, brilliant actress.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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I always have to be writing.
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I use debit cards for everyday purchases, as I don't believe in credit cards. But this has caused problems, especially with American touring, because I refuse to have a credit card - and in America you can't pay for anything on a debit card.
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I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?
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I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to do that, but I like the more natural styles.
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It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem.
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I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.
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Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.
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I've never been driven by box office.
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I love horror. It's funny, because 'The Invitation' never struck me as horror, but it's definitely that type of thriller.
