Mary Lynn Rajskub Quotes
'24' is a pretty serious show - there isn't a lot of improv that is happening. Having said that, I do play around with the delivery. A lot of the humor comes from playing a character who is very furious and really up in her own brain and in a serious situation. That is humorous to me.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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When I grew up, I thought I was Jewish. Now I don't consider myself Jewish. I consider myself a Kabbalist.
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It's very possible that advertising business models will simply never do as well on mobile devices as those oriented around transactions.
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Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
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I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
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In a bigger picture, all over the world is a boys' club.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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If there's one thing that 2009 showed us, it's that everything is happening everywhere, across multiple platforms, each one making waves that end up crashing against each other and commingling into one giant media sea.
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You just have to do what you know is right.
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Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in people's minds with emotion.
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A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman.
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There's something about sitting face-to-face with an attorney in an office that enables people to come to grips with the very idea of divorce - or to reconsider the idea. Like a number of my colleagues - not all - I offer that preliminary consultation for free.
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I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the actor has to allow a little bit of their own character to show through.
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Most men have nothing in their heads but their physical needs; put them on a desert island with nothing to occupy their minds and they would go insane. They lack real motive. The curse of civilization is boredom.
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In his normal state he would not strike a lamb. I’ve known him to do it’ ‘Do what?’ ‘Not strike lambs
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As a little girl growing up in a small farming town in Michigan, my idols were women like Marlene Dietrich and Rita Hayworth.
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I have my character actor side as a kid and my more leading man side. It's all been beneficial.
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'24' is a pretty serious show - there isn't a lot of improv that is happening. Having said that, I do play around with the delivery. A lot of the humor comes from playing a character who is very furious and really up in her own brain and in a serious situation. That is humorous to me.
