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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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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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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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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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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"As part of our renewal - we need to fight problems, not just wait for them to take place"
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I don't remember my first race, but I do recall various school sports days where I became way too competitive. We were seven or eight years old, and I had a very stern conversation with my relay team-mates about how crucial it was for us to win.
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I went down to Chicago to try to go into a place called Second City. I auditioned for that and got in pretty quickly, but I couldn't stop partying. They gave me a warning: 'If you do it again, we're gonna kick you off the main stage.'
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People never know each other until they have eaten a certain amount of salt together.
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I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected. It's great.
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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.
