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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It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors.
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Mark-to-market losses are not real loss. It's a notional loss. What we can monitor is the credit quality of the underlying papers. Are the companies paying interest on time? Is there any deterioration in the credit quality of these companies?
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The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.
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I do not have much time for relaxation, but when I can, I like to read.
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Interesting characters are troubled characters. The only problem I've had in my business is very few people - unfortunately, very vocal - confusing the difficult role that I play with me. I play these guys, but I'm not like them. I've been accused of being difficult to work with.
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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.
