Douglas Feaver Quotes
I have never understood the appeal of babies, they seem such horrible creatures most of the time!
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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One can't do anything alone in Haiti. Sharing and cooperation are so deeply woven into the culture that sometimes it's hard to have a separate thought.
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I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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I like pencil skirts because they hug me in all the right places.
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If I'm not writing well, I'm not happy. If I'm not spending enough time with my family, I'm not happy. If I'm not connecting to friends or if I don't work out enough... You get the point. Everything has to be balanced. Nothing should be an extreme.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.
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I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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The Cistercians do not eat meat... Yet they keep pigs to the number of many thousands, and sell the bacon - though perhaps not quite all of it. The heads, legs, and feet they neither give away, throw away, nor sell. What becomes of them God knows.
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I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that.
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That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
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I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.
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There is no inherent power in the office of the vice presidency. Zero. None. It's all a reflection of your relationship with the president. I mean, Kennedy never let Johnson in the office.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.
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I'll read a recipe but then decide, 'Well, it's sort of like this, then.' Or I'll go to the fridge and think, 'I'll see what I can put together,' and I'll combine beetroot and sausage and prawns with goat's cheese sprinkled on top and think, 'I like that they're all slightly pink. It looks fine and... actually, it is fine.'
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I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
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I have never understood the appeal of babies, they seem such horrible creatures most of the time!
