Kristen Wiig Quotes
Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't.
Quotes to Explore
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The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.
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Going around Rome, you can find beauty because, quite simply, Rome is very beautiful. But the beauty of the people is sometimes harder to discover.
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In New York, you walk everywhere, so you're amongst people all of the time, and everybody is in a hurry and going somewhere or has something on their minds. And in L.A., it's still much more of a laid-back life, at least in my experience.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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I'm a big champion of people doing things outside the system.
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All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
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I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.
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Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it.
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Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes.
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In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy.
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I know the true meaning of getting by by the skin of my teeth; I do. It doesn't matter whether you've got money or you haven't, whether you're famous or not. This is the case for all women, actually; you have to carry on. You always have to carry on. And you can, because you have to.
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Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.
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Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.
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Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.
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Our music attracts the people that we rap about and make music about, and they come out and actually do it.
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People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved.
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Having your stuff online - some people think of it as gimmicky, but in a way, it's one of the most pure forms of having your work judged.
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The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come!
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I hated pitch meetings. Pitch meetings were my least favorite part of the week. I just gave up. I was so terrible at them.
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As of 2013, according to the World Health Organization, 35 million people were estimated to be living with HIV or AIDS globally, and 39 million have died from the disease. The epidemic of denial won, and now everyone knows there is money in the making of drugs for AIDS.
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To be honest with you, I still eat whatever I want. It's all about portion control. I still love pizza, but instead of eating half, I eat a slice.
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So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it still exists by itself without me.
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Man as a pure animal does not exist.
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Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't.
