Jeri Ryan Quotes
That's what makes a character interesting from an actor's perspective - the more screwed up, the better.
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I love working with other actors and other people - you know, stand-up - it's lonely; it's just you out there and the audience. But it's fun working with other actors. I love doing that, too.
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Music is made up out of these building blocks. Studying how these blocks go together and what they consist of and the math of how it works - it's all the same stuff; it's just different aesthetics that we're talking about.
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I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people.
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I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.
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My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us.
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In Men in Black, it was a very small character, no pun intended.
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Dave Chappelle is one of my comedic inspirations. His perspective is crazy, and he's super sharp.
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I grew up on Raffi. That was my first impression of what a rock star was.
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If you bet on Microsoft, you are not going to ask anymore, 'Hey, where is the innovation?' The challenge going forward is how do we keep up with it.
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The Saints are the elect children of the spouse of Christ, the precious fruit of her body; they are her crown of glory. And when these dear children quit her to reap their eternal reward, the mother retains precious memorials of them and holds up their example to her other children to encourage them to follow their glorious traces.
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I just keep doing what I'm doing and don't ever give up.
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No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you're perceived to be doing, your job is never done. Every day, you get up and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.
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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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As often as you fail, get up and try again. God will never let you down, so long as you don't let Him down, and so long as you make the effort.
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When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn't believe in.
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Maybe climate change is a threat, and maybe climate change has been tarted up by climatologists trolling for research grant cash. It doesn't matter.
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I grew up in Colorado and spent my summers in Montana as a ranch hand.
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Israel undermines the international community's reaction to global warming.
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With this album, I tried not to think too much. If I heard a song that I loved, I promised myself I wouldn't over-think it. If I loved it and if I wanted to cut it, I would.
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I just hope that more women realize that if your gut tells you you're doing a good job, you're doing a good job.
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A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.
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That's what makes a character interesting from an actor's perspective - the more screwed up, the better.
