Nell Scovell (Helen Vivian Scovell) Quotes
In over thirty years working in TV and movies, I've never had an exit interview or contributed to a 360 assessment.
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I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.
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For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning.
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But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension.
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Making your first feature film is actually impossible.
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The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
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The best advice I get is actually from my family and friends. That has been a huge resource I've come to rely on.
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People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.
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Normally when I read, I don't like music playing.
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I've been blessed. I've had a great life and am continuing to have one.
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I started in live television and I've done a lot of live TV and that's really the thing that I love best. I love flying by the seat of my pants.
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The first 'Polly and the Pirates' is about a prim and proper girl who gets kidnapped out of her comfy boarding school by a bunch of pirates that think she's the daughter of their long lost queen. In the course of the adventure, she discovers she has a natural penchant for swashbuckling, despite her sheltered childhood.
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When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I would make these dumb comedy tapes. I would often make prank phone calls, but I would also do it with friends.
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The crowd can be a little different in some places. For example, in Europe, people tend to be very respectful. They try not to make too much noise at inappropriate times. In other countries, people can be very still. Sometimes I'm not sure if a crowd is into it until the end, when they usually want me to do something crazy for the encore.
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Religion is inwardly focused and driven only to sustain itself.
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Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.
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And how am I to face the oddsOf man’s bedevilment and God’s?I, a stranger and afraidIn a world I never made.
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The minute they gave me number one, I went to the studio. I was ready to give y'all something else. I was going 120 miles an hour.
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I'm a terrible sleeper because I work all the time. I stay up late almost every night working, whether it's on a TV or live show. I come up with new ideas, do research, watch loads of TED talks, or find psychology articles.
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I seem to attract and be attracted to very willful, fascinating people.
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How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
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John McCain once opposed these tax cuts - he rightly called them unfair and fiscally irresponsible. But now he has done an about face and wants to make them permanent, just like he wants a permanent occupation in Iraq. No matter what the costs, no matter what the consequences, John McCain seems determined to carry out a third Bush term...
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In over thirty years working in TV and movies, I've never had an exit interview or contributed to a 360 assessment.
