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 are some liberals eager to embrace a culture void of morals, but the majority of America is made up of honest, hard-working families who turned out in droves to protect the traditional way of life.
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I've always been a fiction filmmaker and I've been heading in the direction of fiction filmmaking, doing documentaries along the way.
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Any experience of a girl picking out her wedding dress is amazing, but I have to say it was really special to work with David's dad, to see him in action with his team.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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Yesterday was the New York City Marathon. The marathon was won in record time by a Democrat candidate running away from President Obama.
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It's dangerous talking about yourself too much because you find yourself talking in sound bites.
