Douglas Wood Quotes
But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity.
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
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When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
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My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.
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I like to fight, and I think the fans want to see a good fight, too.
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Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
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For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.
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I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.
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Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap.
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I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
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I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do.
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I got into acting for the chance to be many different people and many different characters. I love hiding in a role and doing the research. If there is an opportunity to change my body, I will change my body. I'll slip in and disguise myself in a role. That is a really big treat for me.
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The love of power and the love of liberty are in eternal antagonism.
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If you have a script that's not great, if you have a great director, you can make a great movie, but if you have a great script with a director who's not good, never are you going to have a good movie.
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The idea was never for me to be a career bureaucrat or career technocrat; it was more about where I could implement ideas and reform programs.
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I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.
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But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity.
