Betty Gilpin Quotes
'GLOW' was the first time that, from head to toe, I was asked to use my body in a functional, powerful way as an actor - and that felt amazing.
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I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
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The only reason I would stay away from a period piece is because sometimes the women are painted in a very stereotypical weakling, wallflower way - that's something I don't want to do. I want to show strength in the women I play, and a journey of some sort.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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My daughter passed away in 2003.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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Maybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out.
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People work hard.
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You might say that Richard Wagner was the Queen Victoria of Europe. He had musical children everywhere!
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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The Who on record were dynamic. Roger Daltrey's delivery allowed vulnerability without weakness; doubt and confusion, but no plea for sympathy.
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On stage, you're not limited at all because you're free in language: language is the source of the imagination. You can travel farther in language than you can in any film.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
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I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories.
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I grew up in southwestern Ontario in the heart of a Mennonite community. All my family are part of the Mennonite church.
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I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.
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Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
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You have to sing every day so you can build up to being, you know, Amazingly Brilliant.
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I took the longest showers of my life after every time I visited Gramacho. It affects the personality of the catadores. They always dress really well, they're very sharp, and when they go out they always wear a lot of perfume because they're very conscious of the possibility of having the smell.
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'Modesty Blaise' is not well known in the United States, but in the United Kingdom, she's an institution - especially for a comic book reader of a certain age. She's a wonderful creation, and her strip ran in newspapers for a long time. So whenever female spies come to mind for us, they think of 'Modesty Blaise'.
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'GLOW' was the first time that, from head to toe, I was asked to use my body in a functional, powerful way as an actor - and that felt amazing.
