Jane Lynch Quotes

I think about Chicago as being a very actor-centered theater town, and people aren't in it to get to the next level, like movies and television. We're there for the love of the theater. So I think it fit right into my particular skill set, which is I love performing live.

Jane Lynch

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• The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.

  

  Harry Browne
  • English
  • Chinese
  • Constitution

• Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.

  

  Victoria Pratt
  • Women
  • Pretty
  • Action

• I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • You
  • Proud
  • Woman

• What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.

  

  J. August Richards
  • People
  • Country
  • Love

• The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

  

  Yehuda Amichai
  • Reason
  • Poet
  • Himself

• I just find that there's something about looking back on interviews, whether for purposes of remembering what I said about something or if it's for posterity when I'm 75.

  

  Zachary Quinto
  • Find
  • Looking
  • Looking Back

• Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Why

• Be who you are and be that well.

  

  Saint Francis de Sales
  • You
  • Well
  • Who

• I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

  

  Rachel Field
  • May
  • Think
  • Ambition

• When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.

  

  Becky G
  • God
  • Money
  • Kids

• They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.

  

  Omar Sharif
  • Character
  • Man
  • Boy

• Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
  • Experience
  • Same
  • Mystery

• Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.

  

  Magdi Yacoub
  • People
  • Great
  • Science

• World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.

  

  Harry Browne
  • World
  • Great
  • War

• You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!

  

  Camille Claudel
  • Fun
  • Hope
  • Care

• Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • You
  • Rich
  • Will

• True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Character
  • True
  • Religion

• I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • People
  • Me
  • Waiting

• In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.

  

  Carl Wilson
  • Early
  • Influenced
  • Ventures

• Usually in features, I'm the lead. I consider the director the captain, but I consider myself the first mate, and it's up to me to keep in contact with the heart of the crew.

  

  Eddie Albert
  • Director
  • Keep
  • Contact

• Blame me for capitalism. Blame me for EpiPen.

  

  Martin Shkreli

• The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.

  

  Twyla Tharp
  • Business
  • Fear

• He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.

  

  Charles Caleb Colton
  • Time
  • Good
  • Bad

• I think about Chicago as being a very actor-centered theater town, and people aren't in it to get to the next level, like movies and television. We're there for the love of the theater. So I think it fit right into my particular skill set, which is I love performing live.

  

  Jane Lynch
  • People
  • Live
  • Chicago