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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There is nothing there. What you see is not what you see. What you see is nothing. Nothing but shapes, lines, colors. What you see is whats in your mind. What you see is something somebody told you to look for. Look out for anything you see! Watch it! Watch out! Take care! Don’t leap before you look out.
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If a man will observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances in mourning coaches.
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We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce God from the world.
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The paternalist is a sentimentalist at heart, and the sentimentalist is always potentially cruel.
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I don't believe in luck. Luck is just preparation meeting the moment of opportunity.
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It's dangerous talking about yourself too much because you find yourself talking in sound bites.
