James Murphy Quotes
I never did albums fully at DFA; I always would go someplace else so I wasn't making a record in my office, basically.
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It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.
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I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.
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I'm a mum, so my wardrobe consists of sweaters and jeans. As long as I don't leave the house forgetting my jeans, I count that as a fashion success.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
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I no longer get into stupid thought wormholes about identity and stuff. At one time, I did have some impostor syndrome about acting, but then I remembered I've been doing this since I was little, actually.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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I think it's interesting: What is the generational effect of the experience of being a gay person in America? For my generation, it was very difficult.
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The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.
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I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound.
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I would go home and be this insular girl who listened to music and brooded in her bedroom.
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I don't think God cares what you put in your body or on your body.
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I still don't get golf.
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Computers will be able to do all the mundane tasks in our daily lives.
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I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.
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If I'm paying money to come to see you, you shouldn't look like everybody else in the crowd.
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It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.
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The thing women must do to rise to power is to redefine their femininity. Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex.
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I can't say I have enough experience with Hollywood to feel that I've encountered racism there. I can tell you that I did about five fruitless years of auditioning for voiceovers where I did variations on tacos and Latin accents, and my first screen role was as a bellhop on 'The Sopranos.'
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I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.
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I never did albums fully at DFA; I always would go someplace else so I wasn't making a record in my office, basically.
