Mary Lynn Rajskub Quotes
To really be on stage and not know what you're going to say, and to be able to say something that makes people laugh, or do something that's sort of abstract or off the beaten path and have people connect to it by just putting your ideas together, that really makes me happy.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm very silly as a person, but quality silliness on-screen has more of an art to it. Harrison Ford, whom I was in 'Morning Glory' with, has mastered that dry funny better than anyone.
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Never judge a person if you don't know him.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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It's important for people to understand where things come or what they represent.
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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Alanis Morissette - I love how she's not afraid to say what she wants to say. Love it or hate it, she's going to say it. And her vocals are crazy; they're amazing, and I also love how her music is really organic.
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
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Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.
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I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.
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One of these topics we talk about with the team on our 'Competition Wednesday' is iron sharpening iron. That's the process we go through to get each other ready, and that's why we have some periods where we get to compete against one another.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.
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Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.
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You're blessed if you have the strength to work.
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I would love to do a biopic of a famous singer, like Diana Ross or Donna Summer, or an old jazz story that we haven't seen before. I would love to do that! I would love to play Diana Ross 'cause she's an icon. I'm salivating to do that.
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I knew Elvis Presley very well. He always felt somebody was after him. When you have that kind of a fear, that kind of an attitude, you attract people who want to do you harm.
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Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to choose love or work.
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The Black Panther Party was not a gang. They grew out of a young black intelligentsia on college campuses.
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People understand what art is supposed to look like, and so it's easy to make something that looks like art but isn't - especially in an abstract form.
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To really be on stage and not know what you're going to say, and to be able to say something that makes people laugh, or do something that's sort of abstract or off the beaten path and have people connect to it by just putting your ideas together, that really makes me happy.
