Emily Mortimer Quotes
It's dangerous talking about yourself too much because you find yourself talking in sound bites.
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And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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I envision the script as a story in my mind, memorize the entire thing and have it play out. It helps me figure out where my character needs to go.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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Since I played a warrior in 'Magadheera,' my character sported shoulder-length hair and a thick beard.
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Only by the sweat of my own brow. I am a totally working man.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere.
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At 18, I wanted to work with the creme de la creme because I thought that was the only way to be successful. But I don't think any A-lister has done as many B-grade films as I have.
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We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in 'Red Storm Rising'.
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Music is an element that should be part and parcel of every child's life via the education system.
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One thing I learn - I've been in practice now for half a century or more, and the most important ingredient for an architect to do a good building is to have a good client. I think a client counts for as much as fifty per cent.
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When I think about filmmakers and actresses that I have admired my whole life, I've admired their entire body of work.
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I'm not going to become a costume version or caricature of myself; I like to morph.
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I came out to my parents as gay, and then I realized, you know, four or five years later, that I wasn't really happy, no relationships were working, and there was something missing in my life, and you know, I was doing drag, performing and stuff, and I realized through that arc that I was much happier doing that.
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The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people.
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I do not want to see the allies defeated. But I do not consider Hitler to be as bad as he is depicted. He is showing an ability that is amazing and seems to be gaining his victories without much bloodshed. Englishmen are showing the strength that Empire builders must have. I expect them to rise much higher than they seem to be doing.
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I approached the problem of utility measurement in 1923 during a stay in Paris. There were three objects I had in view :
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Followers are the customers of the Higher Ground Leader, who strives to meet or exceed the outer and inner needs of followers.
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The Prodigal Son at least walked home on his own feet. But who can duly adore that Love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of escape?
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The #MeToo and Time's Up movements have been a roar on behalf of women, and the voices are genuinely empowered now. I really feel that.
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The Right likes to think that intellectuals and academics like Allan Bloom and Dinesh D'Souza spurred the explosive growth of movement conservatism in the 1980s and 1990s, when it was actually mostly Rush Limbaugh.
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It's dangerous talking about yourself too much because you find yourself talking in sound bites.
