Jennifer Yuh Nelson Quotes
When you make a movie, it's just so personal and then you put it out in front of people and it becomes something else.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.
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I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.
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In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.
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It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.
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I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out.
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I trust myself. You need that to survive.
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I want a baby from an Italian - possibly Sicilian - donor.
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I think the kids today need to hear more about morals and values.
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Guitar.com: he tone of Euphoria Morning is kind of melancholy.
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My mom went through civil rights; my dad went through civil rights. My name was Kenya because they wanted to give me an African name.
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People have always painted me like a pessimist, like somebody who sees the glass half-empty. But I think the fact that I keep showing up and saying, 'No, there must be a way for me to live in this world,' that shows I'm an eternal optimist.
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So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves.
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When you make a movie, it's just so personal and then you put it out in front of people and it becomes something else.
