Debra Jo Rupp Quotes
I think that you have to find a piece of yourself in every role you play. If you don't believe what you're doing, you cannot expect anyone else to believe it.
Quotes to Explore
-
What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs have 5,000 days, and we humans have 29,000 days. Recognizing that the duration is limited, and aging is inevitable, focus the attention on enhancing the quality of the days you have.
-
I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.
-
There are a few players who don't like to think about the game.
-
I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
-
I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
-
The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.
-
Before 'Gremlins,' I was a normal person, then within two weeks of the movie coming out, I couldn't walk into a store without people turning around and staring. It's exciting and also scary because everyone starts telling you how amazing you are.
-
With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I wish I'd had an opportunity to find out where they were. So I was reflecting on how I grew up, that feeling of abandonment. That whole film was a reality that I always held back and kept to myself.
-
Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
-
My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
-
I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
-
Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.
-
Everybody does their homework, and we all come together and just knock it out. There are adjustments to make, and if you have actors who are collaborators and who really know how to listen and be in the scene together, than it works out beautifully.
-
There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
-
It's always the girl comedy and the guy comedy. It bums me out. You'd think there'd be a progression, from James L. Brooks and Nora Ephron into more subtle humor and behavior and psychology. All these interesting things people can learn about themselves by watching talented writers comment intelligently on someone else's emotional life.
-
And all for love, and nothing for reward.
-
Using a broad brushstroke, I think Libertarian - most of America are socially accepting and fiscally responsible. I'm in that category. I think, broadly speaking, that's a Libertarian. A Libertarian is going to be somebody who's really strong on civil liberties.
-
We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.
-
Why can't modern tech companies both grow and turn a profit at the same time?
-
I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
-
I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of all my works is the search for utopias lost and rediscovered.
-
'I hear today's college women are 'prodigious.'''Prodigious? Is that what you heard?''Well, I read it in a magazine. It was something I wanted to believe.''The Jayster. Always a dreamer.'
-
I knew if I went home with the gold medal knowing that I could do better, I wasn't going to be very satisfied.
-
I think that you have to find a piece of yourself in every role you play. If you don't believe what you're doing, you cannot expect anyone else to believe it.
