Jamie Lee Curtis Quotes
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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I tried the broadcasting thing, the coaching thing, but I'll never replace the competitive feeling of being out on the field when we were players.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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I really wanted to make 'Everest' visceral, real. One thing that amazed me when I was scouting in base camp is the volume of Everest: It's humbling. I wanted to find a way to bring that to the screen. One way was 3D.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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I remember my school had some of the first Apple IIs in North Carolina. I remember, when I first started using them, we were using a cassette tape to store programs because we didn't have floppy disk drives.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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As far as my sketches, I've always loved 'What's Up With That.' It's just a whole lot of fun, and I love 'Black Jeopardy,' too. Any kind of host capacity, I'm usually pretty good at.
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The Babe is here. Who's coming in second?
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The egg it is the source of all To everyone's ancestral hall.
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I used to have six left feet. Now I only have one and a half left feet.
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Hunches are not to be sneezed at.
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Life is not supposed to be this calcified experience where you don't change.
