Jemaine Clement Quotes
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I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make.
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I'm a bit of a fashion magpie.
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I remember there being a period of time when I had a baby, and I was so sleep-deprived that I'd get into having no filter, and that was not good.
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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Was Sen. Barack Obama a Muslim? Did he ever practice Islam? The presidential candidate officially rejects the claims, but the issue of Obama's personal faith has re-emerged amid conflicting accounts of his enrollment as a Muslim during elementary school in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.
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It's easy: if you want to grow the economy, encourage job creation, and increase federal revenue, you support making bonus depreciation permanent. Permanency gives job creators the certainty they need to plan and invest in their businesses, including hiring employees.
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It is a political thriller. It's very action packed and it's very exciting, but at the same time it's a very big soulful love story about longing and loss. They're not separate, they're completely dependent on one another.
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I did 75 films. I didn't take a break; I didn't spend my money. I have my savings, so when you're not working for money anymore, then you should find things that are meaningful and not just be like, 'OK, that's another day gone.'
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I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort of thing.
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There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.
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Make yourself necessary to somebody.
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I don't know what else you could do that is more vulnerable - maybe dancing - than singing.
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Every actor fears unemployment – even me.
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I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.
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O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth, The bless'd hour of our dinners!
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There are statistics out that say 20 year olds, 18 years olds think about sex 90 percent of the time. They only don't think about sex when they're eating, and that's rare.
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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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We want kids to value real food and understanding that it isn't just about feeding people but about nourishing the body, the community and the planet.
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I'm a real pawn-shopper.
