Sally Phillips Quotes
I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.
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I look like this for a reason. I was born this way. It was God-given.
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I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses.
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We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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I always love the quirky stuff, which is why I love 'Childrens Hospital.' That really pushes the envelope of comedy.
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I still love recording and still love the stage, but like my dad, I have the most fun when I am in front of that glorious orchestra or that kick-butt big band.
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I'm not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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I think everybody wants to redeem themselves after they've done something that might be considered negative. I don't think anyone wants to go to the grave negative.
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Even though I have Twitter, I only use it to say, 'Oh, this is coming out.' I would never voice anything about me, really.
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Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.
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Only a completely unintelligible God can be said to be absolutely good and absolutely powerful yet tolerate the world as it is.
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The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.
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Other people get into occupations by accident or design; but writers are born. I could work at selling motels, or slopping hogs, for fifty years, but if someone asked my occupation, I'd say writer, even if I'd never sold a word. Writers write. Other people talk.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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I like guys who are confident but not cocky, who are comfortable with themselves, and who know what they want.
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I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills.
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Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia.
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I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.
