Elliot Page Quotes
I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent.
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We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.
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Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
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For me, I thought I had the best job in the world.
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I think the thing that I get most excited about is the fact that I know I'm gonna have a great match. That's when I get the butterflies. When it's just a regular match or something like that, I may not get that.
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I'd say working on television is much, much tougher than films. But television has a great connect with a live audience, which is a refreshing change for us actors.
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I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that.'
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I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.
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Surprisingly, I am great at kiteboarding, but I'm not great at surfing.
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The guys have told me not to quit my day job.
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I've been going to the same barber the last few years, and we have great chats whenever I'm in the chair. He'll ask: 'How you doing? How's the training going?' Just ordinary, obvious things, but then, like you do with your barber, you start talking about personal stuff.
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I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.
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Nothing changes and very little happens in Paris. This is a great place to work without distraction - and then I run away to New York, where I have a life!
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I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it's not that great.
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I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring.
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It had always been a dream of mine to come to New York to work. Coming to New York and looking for work is one thing, but coming to New York and already having a job and feeling like you are already part of the city has been an amazing experience for me.
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Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
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We will not be beaten. But we may be shamed and embarrassed on a needlessly long road to victory.
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It really is true that when an issue becomes pop culture, it changes faster, and it's really great for the issue.
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I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.
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No one can understand my accent!
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Chasing greatness - it's what I'm about.
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I remember I had an actor friend - a close friend from college - Anthony Zerbe. He sent me a telegram before I started my first movie, 'Cisco Pike.' It said, 'Have a good time. Ignore the camera.' That was the extent of my training.
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Elevated locations imply elevated purposes, even in American cities departing as radically as Los Angeles does from the traditional planning patterns of the Eastern Seaboard.
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I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent.
