Jennifer Jason Leigh Quotes
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In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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Ill give you a definite maybe.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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A lot of these guys in 'Fight Master' will compete in Bellator and in mixed mart arts for quite some time.
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I'd say it's okay to be political and to be a writer. Those streams can be separate, and they can be connected; for me, they're both. Life is political, and I'm interested in my community and in a lot of issues - some of them American, some global.
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My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
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Franchises mean that you're tied in. That's a lovely feeling of comfort to the whole thing. From a business perspective, it really keeps you current and lets you go and do other smaller, more pedestrian things.
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When I first started in Malaysia, having a Muslim Malay girl singing and holding a guitar was new to everyone. Even Muslims there had issues with it; they found it weird.
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I know a lot of actors who get a part and then they dissect it and they want to change it and they want to add stuff. I'm always amazed and so impressed by actors who do that.
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Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
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David Bowie had everything. He was intelligent, imaginative, brave, charismatic, cool, sexy and truly inspirational both visually and musically. He created such staggeringly brilliant work, yes, but so much of it and it was so good. There are great people who make great work but who else has left a mark like his? No one like him.
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I'm not great at judging a career. Or planning one.
