Emily Mortimer Quotes
I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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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've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
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I'm a huge Disney nut. I have been since I was a little kid.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!
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Death is a zero sum game for which there is no cure.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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I hate to repeat lines, to say the same damned thing. I try to rewrite cliches and make what I say sound fresh.
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God does arithmetic.
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I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
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I connect with kids easily. They bring out the maternal side in me.
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When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
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Science is defined in various ways, but today it is generally restricted to something which is experimental, which is repeatable, which can be predicted, and which is falsifiable.
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I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.
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Often I think changes within my work have been seen as sudden changes or sharp changes, but for me they're not that sudden. They have been there in the studio, but not so much in public.
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In Australia, kids play in American accents.
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I always used to wonder why American actors were getting fat, then I made a U.S. movie. I'm seeing all the food every day, and there's lots of waiting around because making an American movie is very slow.
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Why is it the minute I open my mouth the whole world is telling me they're Irish and we should all have a drink? It's not enough to be American. You always have to be something else, Irish-American, German-American, and you'd wonder how they'd get along if someone hadn't invented the hyphen.
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In my youth, it was my good luck to have a few good teachers, men and women, who came into my head and lit a match.
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I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S.
