Jemima Kirke Quotes
I know acting is not impersonating, but I'm good with impressions. I can do impressions of people I know, and people I've been, and roles that I've acted before.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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I've always been into sports and yoga and running. I actually study a martial arts self-defense program called Krav Maga. I can't quite say it's easy, but it's fun for me and I love to do it.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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You've gotta believe in yourself, and you just have to work harder at it than you've ever worked at anything before in your life. And if you keep doing that and keep believing in yourself, great things do happen.
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I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.
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I guess I'm quite practical. Or at least like to think I am.
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Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.
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Managers today have to do more with less, and get better results from limited resources, more than ever before.
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A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man.
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It was not that socialism failed , it was the lack of socialism.
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When you hear you're going to audition for 'Dogfight,' the show about bringing ugly women to parties, you're like, 'Oh, great, thank you.' Then you read lines where people call you fat, and you call yourself fat or ugly, and it can wear on you. But that's also our dream as actors, to play someone else and give someone else a voice.
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I know acting is not impersonating, but I'm good with impressions. I can do impressions of people I know, and people I've been, and roles that I've acted before.
