Keeley Hawes Quotes
There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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I wanted to go to college and play football.
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I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.
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The only way reliably to gauge the heat of any particular chilli is to cut it in half, so exposing the core and membranes, and to dab the cut surface on your tongue.
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I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when I'm looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.
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There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.
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In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They sang with such passion and conviction. By the time I turned 15, I had plucked up the courage to ask if I could join the group. Acapella is a different discipline from singing with an accompaniment - it is much more exposed.
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Perhaps anti-depressants should be best reserved for the very extreme cases and, more importantly, for those who do not respond to alternative forms of interventions.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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Hospice is such a tremendous thing. Patients seem to reach an inner peace.
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In order to maintain that fire for acting and capture its essence, you can't let yourself be concerned with what people have to say about you. You just can't.
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I don't add any deliberate nuances to the way I sing. I've seen so much and been all over the world, but I'm glued to my roots, and that comes across.
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For me, it's an experiment to see what people are gonna think of it.
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Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness.
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My private life is a lot more ladylike and less sultry than the fashion photos I imagine.
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I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology.
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The kitchen is the heart of the house.
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I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell.
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I did a lot of theatre when I started out. It was the Lyceum, the Citz, the Tron and the Traverse. I came to London and did the Royal Court, the National, 'King Lear' at the Manchester Royal Exchange. I did little bits of comedy, like 'Rab C Nesbitt,' but I wasn't predominantly about comedy.
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After joining theatre, I started thinking that acting in films was not half as challenging as theatre.
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I would go so far as to say I would not have the life that I have right now if it wasn't for Gabe Liedman. He is the first person I met in my adulthood that I felt was truly delighted by me and understood me and also was curious about me.
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There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.
