Jennifer Jason Leigh Quotes
One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.
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Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.
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The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
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I couldn't follow nobody's rules.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.
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Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What you do with what you see is your choice.
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Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
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Let us all pledge to protect this opportunity in order to see that the wish of peace becomes a true and daily fact in this region.
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I never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents that I was still alive and well fed and having a great time. They thought these letters were brilliant and sent them to a newspaper. So I became a writer by accident.
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I don't particularly like L.A.
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My giving story started with my parents - my late mother, Frances Arrillaga, who dedicated her life to philanthropic and community service, and my father, John Arrillaga, whose daily generosity of heart, mind, and hands-on contributions make him one of the most extraordinary philanthropists I know.
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China's own recent history proves that when it opens itself, there is nothing its people cannot accomplish. A more open China will lead to a more prosperous and stable China. That's good for China, the United States and, indeed, the entire world.
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Theatre is live content, and you can tell if you have worked your audience.
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I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.
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He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.
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I was kind of always the underdog.
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The strangest thing has happened. I really missed my dog. That's never happened to me before. You know, on a long tour you do hear people saying they miss their pets. I never have. But last night I started really missing my dog. It's very odd, 'cause I don't have a dog.
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Acting is a precarious business. I have had periods where I felt like I couldn't get arrested, but you have to see it as a long game.
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One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.
