J. K. Simmons Quotes
We all want to not repeat ourselves constantly, and explore the limits of our capabilities.
Quotes to Explore
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To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language.
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I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.
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I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.
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It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or the wife.
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The reason I don't carry a mobile phone is I don't want people to know where I am!
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I'm a collaborator. I know I don't know everything. I don't want to know everything.
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I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.
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Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
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Having been raised by actors who love moral ambiguity and flawed protagonists, I feel like it's sort of in the blood to want to take it on.
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If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.
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I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on.
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I want to be my own person.
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I want to direct every now and then, but I don't want to be a director.
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My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.
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I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.
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I naturally want to be provocative.
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I want to know that I gave my 100 percent, and even if it doesn't work, you know that you gave everything, and you don't have to look at it and say... I could have gave more - that would break my heart.
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I decide intuitively what I want to do. When directors like Imtiaz Ali, Ayan Mukerji, Anurag Basu and Anurag Kashyap, who have stories to tell, come to me, why would I not be a part of it?
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People imagine that actors are being offered everything and you are not. So things come in and sometimes there are things that I want and can't get a meeting on, or go to a different actors.
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My whole mentality is that I eat what I want within moderation, and I have a little bit of everything. If you deprive yourself, you get moody and unhappy, and you have to enjoy life.
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I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back.
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I'm the girl next door, not the sex symbol.
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I wonder if I maybe have a natural floatiness that comes through in everyone I play.
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We all want to not repeat ourselves constantly, and explore the limits of our capabilities.
