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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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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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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I don't have many friends.
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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 find the relationship of sensation and physicality, and, for me, it's music like anything else. It's a different way of expressing and exploring sound. I find it really beautiful.
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O life! An age to the miserable, a moment to the happy.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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I'm such a huge fan of television and what's happening in television, right now. You are able to visit characters and visit a story, week to week, push things in a different way than you can in a film, and you are able to go deeper, simply because you have more time. I'm just excited to do that. It's always good to do new things.
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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.
