Jane Wagner Quotes
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I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies. We watched television like every 1960s small-town American family, and I certainly never thought about being on TV. I thought I was going to be a classical actor in the grand tradition.
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We shred every day.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.
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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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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
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I just don't watch a lot of TV.
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Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops.
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I mean, if a camera's on you all the time, you don't get real moments.
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I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.
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It's not like I'm starved for company - I have a few very good lady friends - but there's only a certain amount of times a woman wants to see you and never go out for dinner.
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I don't want to smoke on screen, as I will be sending a wrong message to my fans, and I appeal to my costars too, to avoid smoking scenes if possible.
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An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.
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I am not a politician by nature, but I will say I think there need to be more women in FIFA, and I would be open to having those conversations when the time is right.
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I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties.
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I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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Organizing ahead of time makes the work more enjoyable. Chefs cut up the onions and have the ingredients lined up ahead of time and have them ready to go. When everything is organized you can clean as you go and it makes everything so much easier and fun.
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John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage, and his service to all Americans.
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A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?
