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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I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.
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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 most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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I feel like every album we make, that's our debut album.
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I'm not the kind of person who thrives in 'the scene.'
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He pronounced the letter R (littera canina) very hard – a certaine signe of a Satyricall Witt.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity.
