Jacinda Barrett Quotes
I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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I could see myself in some sort of pioneer bonnet, it's my childhood fantasy, but I think I look too Jewish for the prairie.
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes.
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There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not want to give it.
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People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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When you start talking about sacrifices, pretty soon people start feeling like chumps.
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One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones.
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Some of the greatest moments in human history were fueled by emotional intelligence.
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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I came up with a story and I wrote it.
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My head's never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch 'CSI' or 'Law & Order,' where I have to follow the crime. If I can't turn my head off during that, I know I've really got a problem.
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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If you can get through the first round you have a good chance of getting into the next one.
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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Even with a stable character, you want something surprising to happen, hopefully because that's what the camera loves the most. That's what is great about film.
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When I decided to go to university I didn't know what I wanted to do. When I had an opportunity to take an elective I took Drama by chance, even though I'd never taken a Drama course or even been in a play in high school. Two years later I was majoring in Drama and I knew I wanted to be an actor.
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All of us live in history, whether we are aware of it or not, and die in drama. The sense of history and of drama comes to a man not because of who he is or what he does but flickeringly, as he is caught up in events, as his personality reacts, as he sees for a moment his place in the great flowing river of humanity.
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I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
