Jayne Houdyshell Quotes
When I made the decision to stop working regionally and just focus on being in New York, part of the reason that instigated that choice was a desire to work on new plays and know what it was to originate a part.
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With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
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The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.
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Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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In orthodox film-making, you never shoot sequentially - but with improv, obviously every move you make has a knock-on effect; it is a cumulative process. I have improvised, on the non-scripted 'Timecode.' It can become entirely indulgent: actors smashing crockery and competing verbally.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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Yep, my body is doing good and everything feels good and I'm ready.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
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Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see.
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I've had a dozen novels published and have made far more than a dozen mistakes. Which is why Randy Susan Meyers and I wrote a guidebook to help authors avoid making our mistakes.
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I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.
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I learn my songs by ear.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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Even if I had nothing to do with the Canada Council, I'd be praying for it.
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What makes me happy is just curling up in with my mom in her bed and watching a marathon of 'CSI' and 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes with pints of ice cream.
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Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.
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There was no other concern; there was no other focus [in the Governor's School]. It was simply there to learn and grow and perform, and that was pretty amazing and informative. I'd say that was a big pivotal moment for me.
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Therefore, a few moments ago, I instructed Gen. Clark to suspend NATO's air operations against Yugoslavia.
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When I made the decision to stop working regionally and just focus on being in New York, part of the reason that instigated that choice was a desire to work on new plays and know what it was to originate a part.
