Elizabeth Pena Quotes
I believe the director is the one that sets the mood and if you have this hysterical director it's a domino effect. I would work for him forever, for nothing. Don't tell my agent that.
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I am a passionate civil libertarian.
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It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.
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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.
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I am filled with uncertainty and fear when thinking about how my two daughters will grow into this world as Hoosiers, as Americans, as women and free thinkers.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.
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'Power' is really such a good show that I forget I'm in it sometimes.
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I like to leave a film open-ended, with a lingering feeling. I'll not do sequels of any of my films till I have subjects to explore.
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I consider Apple to be very closed. Let's say you have a book business, and you are charging 5 to 7 percent gross margins; you can't exist in an Apple world because they want 30 percent, and they don't care that you only have 7 percent to play with.
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High-stakes lying is out of control. And it's costing us big bucks in one way or another. It's not simply a matter of quantifying losses in dollars. It's costing us emotionally and psychologically as well.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.
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You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It's human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac.
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I interned for the Knicks for one year doing community relations, but I absolutely hated it. It was a desk job, and the team was not good at all, and I didn't realize how much that correlated to the office. It was just gray, gloomy days.
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The movies were custard compared to politics.
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I'm not photographing the model in the classic sense; the model is playing a part in my photographs. It's more like theater. I always work with models I know, and I let them participate in deciding how to act their part.
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I do whatever I do. I go to the club. I work on material. While other people are sleeping, I'm awake. I always liked that. I like being able to drive when there's no traffic. It's almost like you own the street at night.
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Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.
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My dad taught us that there's no greater distance than that between first and second place.
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I believe the director is the one that sets the mood and if you have this hysterical director it's a domino effect. I would work for him forever, for nothing. Don't tell my agent that.
