Jennifer Hyman Quotes
It's amazing how much misinformation there is about pregnancy and how many myths are still ingrained into our culture.
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If you're in a film that you're proud of and you care about, then you're always happy to talk about it.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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Barbara Castle was a hero to millions of British women. She inspired a new generation of women to become active in Labour politics, including, of course Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman.
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I am not stupid - I'm not young, and I'm not beautiful.
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It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.
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The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months, and then I can have six months off.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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I wouldn't say I'm vain - I'm just in a job where the way you look is important. Well, at least the facelift wasn't vanity, but the hair was.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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Well, I always think the worst things are going to happen here, because I'm - basically inside, I'm a bad person, and so the bad kind of takes over.
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Actors aren't all the same. They have very different skills. There are actors of intellect who are very thoughtful about everything they do... and then there are actors of instinct who don't know what they're doing until the cameras roll... My father was actually quite thoughtful about what he did, while my mother was much more instinctual.
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When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.
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I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.
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I still get called 'a stick of dynamite' or 'pint-sized dynamo,' stuff like that. Actually, I was too busy to notice there was anything unusual about being a woman director until the early 1980s, when I looked around the professional theater and realized there weren't many of us. You have to make more of a case for yourself than any man.
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A 'Friends' shoot night could extend well into the small hours of the morning.
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To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.
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The average American teenager sends or receives 75 text messages a day, though one girl in Sacramento managed to handle an average of 10,000 every 24 hours for a month.
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The BBC's television, radio and online services remain an important part of British culture and the fact the BBC continues to thrive amongst audiences at home and abroad is testament to a professional and dedicated management team who are committed to providing a quality public service.
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The background of the Negro culture is voodoo and magic; and the purposes the magic are control and power over God, man, nature and society. Voodoo and magic was the religion and life of America's Negro.
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It's amazing how much misinformation there is about pregnancy and how many myths are still ingrained into our culture.
