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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If you want to stay fit, surround yourself with a couple of chicks who are fired up, so that the one day you're not, you can feed off their energy.
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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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Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests.
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I guess I rooted for the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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The way that I work is very specific, very thorough, and the process has to be totally clear.
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In a way, being an opera singer is like being a very romantic sixteen-year-old who falls in love with great passion and conviction every month.
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I hope there is nothing about me that people have a big problem with. You know, I like to think of myself as lovable.
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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.
