Jaime Herrera Beutler Quotes
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A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said, you still look like a Campbell's Soup kid.
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I'm very drawn to the human condition and the emotional aspects of stories. It's what's not on the page that I get excited about.
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Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.
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I did ballet and gymnastics, and then I started acting when I was eight - just doing amateur theater at a place called Oldham Theatre Workshop in my hometown.
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Our parents were just brilliant parents who encouraged us to do whatever we wanted to do.
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Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
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I'm always challenged by someone.
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I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.
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There's obviously a sense of responsibility that comes with having this following and having fans, and so there's a lot of stuff that I won't dare to post, just because I want to be a good influence.
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I would like to, especially in film, play against type and do some heavier stuff. I'm intrigued by projects that deal with problematic people and things.
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You don't let being the first to do it stop you or get in the way.
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Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.
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It was always something I knew I was capable of and from an early age my mother was involved in the film industry. She used to work at a production company. So I was exposed to a renaissance period of films in New Zealand back in the early 80's.
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I spend lots of time on the Web, some of it even useful.
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If there's a 13- or 14-year old kid who is yearning for something beyond the social forces in his own world, in his own neighborhood, the library is the only place where he can go to find that. It was exciting and thrilling to me all the time I worked in the library. It's such a force for social good and it can do so much.
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Gigi is my perfect partner. She's my best friend. She's the most fun of anyone I know, and she's also the kindest and most tolerant person.
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A lot of the stuff that's happening now, I can trace back to 'Death of a Salesman.' Francine Maisler, the casting director, saw 'Death of a Salesman' and called me in for 'Unbroken.' The casting director of 'Normal Heart' had seen 'Salesman' too. I look back on it now, and it's like one thing led to another; it was a chain reaction.
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When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history.
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The problem isn't getting your hands on a press pass - it's acquiring one of those wide-brimmed fedora hats in which to keep your press pass.
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One of my favorite activities when I was a teenager was going riding on the back of a horse with a friend of mine. Because we were rather high up, I could see into peoples' lighted windows as we trotted past. Questions would rise up inside: Who lives there? Are they happy? What are they doing? Any dogs or cats in sight?
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The single guiding principle that I try to follow, assuming blindly that the rest will fall into place, is to operate squarely in the present. I think it's one of the most difficult things for anyone to do.
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So, been attacked by any vampires yet?" "Not one." "Zombies? Giant spiders? Water monsters?" It's been really quiet on the supernatural front" "Too bad, 'cause I got attacked by a devil dog. It was not awesome.
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If you want to hear the facts, you are going to have to let me speak.
