Kunal Nayyar Quotes
It all started with the most basic level of Uta Hagen, right at the beginning. I'm like, 'Really? I came to grad school; I'm going to do the 'Respect for Acting'?' And I realized the importance of that, because it was really to just get you to get rid of everything. Get rid of everything you've learned and just start from the bottom up.
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I've always enjoyed the teen angst thing. I had a lot of teen angst as I was growing up, so I think I have a lot to say about it through characters before I have to move on.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn't something I do; writing is something that I am. I am writing - it's just an expression of me.
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I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.
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I always wanted to be a scientist. I don't really have any writer friends.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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And apparently things like a Vindaloo curry are out for the rest of my life, or at least a long time.
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My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
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It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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Music is like my security blanket.
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I was a teenager and it was tough years for me. Being able to bring myself into a character and live in somebody else's world was so important for me emotionally. I couldn't express things well in my normal life. I was so overwhelmed by my emotions.
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New York City is one of the best cities in the world for walking: it's virtually impossible to get lost.
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When I was 12 or 13, I realised I was good, but I never knew how far I'd get.
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I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie.
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A girl fresh from a boarding school may perhaps be a virgin but no! she is never chaste.
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It all started with the most basic level of Uta Hagen, right at the beginning. I'm like, 'Really? I came to grad school; I'm going to do the 'Respect for Acting'?' And I realized the importance of that, because it was really to just get you to get rid of everything. Get rid of everything you've learned and just start from the bottom up.
