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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My dad, like, he's the most trusting human in the world.
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When the Shah found himself in trouble, we quite literally stabbed him in the back.
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I knew that my hair was falling out and I had really weird skin. My face looked really weird and I was getting this fuzz on my face and I was always cold - always to the point of uncontrollably shaking. I was more scared that 85 lbs. wasn't good enough. I wanted to be lower.
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Most of the men that sue in Hollywood are all about 5' 2'. They wake up every day, know they're tiny and feel very angry about it, so they go out and sue people.
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I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around the country - Irish music - had a particular resonance.
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But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity.
