Mary Astor Quotes
The reminder that there are people who have worse troubles than you is not an effective pain-killer.
Quotes to Explore
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
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You remember Donnie Brasco? It's the most notorious undercover movie ever; it's so street and so real. If you ever imagined yourself doing cop work, you imagined yourself getting pushed to that limit - seeing the furthest you can push yourself while still upholding the law.
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I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'
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Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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I want people to treat me as normally as they can. Anybody who doesn't, I feel awkward with.
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I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.
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I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.
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I don't have a specific type of role that I aspire to play or aspire to act. I really like a challenge and I really like doing things that are different because if I had to do the same thing all the time, then I don't think I would be an actor.
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I've actually had a copilot come out of the cockpit on a trip from L.A. to New York and ask me about Charles Manson.
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I don't know about happy endings, because I don't think, eventually, anything is happy. You feel a bout of happiness with good news. Five minutes later, there could be a traffic jam or a phone call from an irritating relative or a weird thought, or it could be a tweet that annoys you, and your emotion will flip immediately.
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My mantra is simple: work gets you work, and good work gets you good work.
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Honestly I'm not a huge TV person. The only show that I've seen every episode of is 'Pretty Little Liars.' It's my favorite show. I wish I could get into other shows, but I just don't have time!
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It is our hope that in future discussions with the Mexican government, you will encourage Mexico to do its part to address illegal immigration rather than encourage their citizens to illegally enter the U.S.
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An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a man can hope for, Even then, no sooner has he learned how to cope with the tick than she tocks.
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When I was a kid, my grandfather used to watch Bollywood films. There's a lot of colour and vibrancy to the Indian films.
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That whole concept of 'I want to really go after people' - I don't understand that. Is it a roast, or is it an awards show?
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I feel most people’s sexuality is enormously complicated. That’s what it means to be human. Wouldn’t it be great if we honored that complexity rather than turn it into gossip or ridicule? Wouldn’t it be great if we accepted sexual diversity, in ourselves and others, without condemning it?
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The reminder that there are people who have worse troubles than you is not an effective pain-killer.
